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“If you like your history up close and
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Tales
“Chester Russell tells the amazing story of how he - and 14,000 other soldiers just like
him - ended up working under god-awful conditions in the wilds of western Canada and
Alaska to build the Alaska Highway and the CANOL Project during the early years of
of a Catskinner
WWII. As a catskinner in A Company of the 35th Engineers, Russell saw as many facets
of the building as anyone I know. If you like your history up close and personal, this is the
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Heath Twichell, Author - Northwest Epic ‘The Building of the Alaska Highway’
“Chester was there and tells it like it really happened. He puts a face to those on the front
lines battling mosquitoes, muskeg, mud and more while building the Alaska Highway.
What a darn good read!”
Earl L. Brown, Field Editor - The Milepost
“Chester Russell’s depictions of life during the construction of the Alaska Highway are
truly incredible. The vivid details bring the soldiers and events to life in a way that draw
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Modern Marvels: Alcan Highway - The History Channel
Tales of a Catskinner PR SeRviceS
Chester L. Russell
A Personal Account of
Building the Alaska Highway,
The Winter Trail and Canol
Pipeline Road in 1942-43
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Chester Russell
Author Chester L. Russell in 1996
standing beside a sign marking Historical
Mile 0. The grain elevator in the
background was there when troops
arrived by train at Dawson Creek in 1942.
$19.95
ISBN: 978-0-9784418-1-4
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