We Fought the Road

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.

Author: Christine McClure, Dennis McClure
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
Published: 10/17/2017
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9781935347774