| The Alaska Highway Contributor(s): Kupperberg, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604130741 ISBN-13: 9781604130744 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: In early 1942, work started on a 1,500-mile-long highway to link Fairbanks, Alaska, with the existing U.S. Highway System. With the threat of another Japanese attack on U.S. soil looming, work crews had a mere eight months to complete the largest and most complex construction project since the Panama Canal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local |
| Dewey: 388.109 |
| LCCN: 2008025547 |
| Series: Building America: Then and Now |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (0.80 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, it was decided that Alaska needed extra defence in the event of a further attack via the Aleutian Islands. This meant linking remote Fairbanks, Alaska with the existing U.S. Highway System. Work crews had only eight months to complete this 1,500 mile road across the wilderness. |