WWII book, Alaska Highway, First Edition

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Northwest Epic: The Building of the Alaska Highway, Author: Twichell, Heath, Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Date: 1992, Edition: First, Condition: Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket, Pages: xxiv, 368, Illustrations: map endpapers, Four full page maps, 38 full page black and white photos. This is the history of the construction of the Alaska Highway. The most ambitious highway ever built in North America is celebrated in this book. The highway was built by the Army as an emergency supply trail for the airfields of Alaska, and then a finished highway. The 35th Engineering Regiment was key in the construction of this vital link to the victorious outcome of World War Two.