Baranof Island - Fictional Accounts

Fictional Accounts

Louis L'Amour's novel "Sitka" describes conflict between the Russian fur trading empire and Yankee settlers.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 alternate-history novel by Michael Chabon about a Jewish Yiddish-speaking territory in Sitka, including most of Baranov Island. The novel proceeds from the counter-factual premise that the Slattery Report had actually been implemented.

Local Author John Straley has written a number of mystery novels set on and around Baranof Island.

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