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Lily Gontard

Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community

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In 1942, the west coast of North America was under threat after the attack on Pearl Harbor, prompting the US government to build a military road from Dawson Creek, BC, to Delta Junction, AK. Renowned as a driving challenge and for its remote scenic beauty, the Alaska Highway opened to the public in 1948. It was the beginning of the golden age of the automobile. Silvertip, Swift River, Silver Dollar, Krak-R-Krik, Chickaloon and other quaint and quirky establishments sprang up along the highway, offering travellers coffee, gas, conversation and a place to spend the night. During the roadhouse heyday, owners and employees lived on the frontier a… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Kelly, Mark
  • ISBN: 978-1-55017-797-8
  • EAN: 9781550177978
  • Produktnummer: 20656277
  • Verlag: Lost Moose Pub
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H20.1 cm x B17.8 cm x D1.5 cm 522 g
  • Gewicht: 522

Über den Autor


Lily Gontard's fiction, non-fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines such as Geist, The Puritan, Cirque and The New Quarterly. She has worked for a variety of magazines including the Malahat Review, the Georgia Strait and Geist and was the founding editor of Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine. She currently works as a promotions officer for Parks Canada in Whitehorse, YT. Beyond Mile Zero is her first book. Learn more about her at www.gontard.ca.

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