Crooked Road : The Story of the Alaska Highway

by Remley, David A.

• ISBN13: 9781602230378
• ISBN10: 1602230374
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Univ of Alaska Pr

Summary

The terrain spanned by the Alaska Highway is some of the most dramatic and difficult in the world, which makes the speed at which it was built a particularly amazing feat. The road starts at mile zero at Dawson Creek, spans half of British Columbia, winds through the southern part of the Yukon Territory, and ends 1,519 miles later in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Author Biography

David Remley, a retired teacher, is now a full-time writer based in New Mexico.

Table of Contents

The North Needs Your Young	p. 3
The Road Is Going to Be Built	p. 13
The Defense of Alaska Is the Defense of Canada	p. 21
Cornmeal Cooked with Tallow	p. 31
Continuation	p. 43
The Quiet of My Little Station Was Shattered	p. 55
Long Ways from Home	p. 61
Elliott's Fleet and Parker's Navy	p. 77
Ruffles and Flourishes	p. 87
Hard as Hell to Get To	p. 95
Flowers for the Wedding	p. 101
How Far Is It to Lower Post?	p. 109
The Specter of American Domination	p. 117
Grave Decisions	p. 125
Gems for the Crown	p. 133
Too Much Too Soon	p. 141
All-Weather Road	p. 145
Something in the Nature of This Clay	p. 161
Throw a Barl Out	p. 169
They Can Have It for the Asking	p. 183
Always on Their Way	p. 193
Just Like Cuttin' Grass	p. 205
Notes	p. 219
Index	p. 247
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