INVASION of the Peace

INVASION! They lived “off the grid” because in those days and in that area there was no “grid” to be on. They were homesteaders, farmers, and trappers who might find a dozen people within a day’s walk in any direction. Suddenly they were surrounded by10, 000 strangers, almost all men and trading for goods they had not known existed. It was 1942 and the Alaska Highway was being built through 1200 miles of wilderness. Their system of life, the society they knew was gone with the arrival of one train in Dawson Creek. There were hundreds of more loaded freights scheduled to arrive in a town that might see half a dozen during the fall harvest. What will happen to these people?

Editorial Review Sample

A compelling slice of Canadian frontier history, INVASION brings the 1942 Alaska Highway construction to vivid life. David Milton McGowan masterfully captures the sudden transformation of isolated homesteaders in Dawson Creek, BC, as 10,000 strangers arrive to build 1,200 miles of wilderness highway. Perfect for readers of WWII home front fiction  and Canadian historical novellas, this story delivers "enlightening entertainment" with authenticity, warmth, and the kind of historical detail that only a writer who's lived the frontier life can provide.

 Historical Fiction Reviewer Alaska Highway historical fiction, 1942 Canadian frontier story, WWII home front novella, Dawson Creek BC history, Canadian historical fiction