Sitka

Name: Sitka
Rating: 2.5 (5 reviews)

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1957

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2.5(5)

Set in Russian America in the nineteenth century before the Alaska Purchase of 1867, Jean LaBarge is drawn north toward Russian-held Alaska and Sitka, where commerce, imperial rivalry and the difficult coastal frontier create opportunities and dangers far removed from the settled United States.

Against the historical background of Russian America and Alaska Purchase, L’Amour builds the story around distance, terrain, travel and survival. His characters survive by reading landscape and people carefully, and the action is grounded in the practical realities of travel, work, weapons, distance and local authority.