We Fought the Road

By Christine McClure and Dennis McClure

Book Overview

We Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war front by many of their white commanding officers. Their task--which required punching through wilderness on a route blocked by the Rocky Mountains and deadly permafrost during the worst winter on record--has been likened to the building of the Panama Canal. Unlike most accounts that focus on the road's military planners, We Fought the Road is boots-on-the-ground and often personal, based in part on letters from the "Three Cent Romance," the successful courtship via mail discovered in the authors' family papers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935347772
• ISBN13: 9781935347774
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"