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Sitka. (Accelerated Reader)

MAJESTICALLY IT ROSE FROM THE ICY WATERS, THE GATEWAY TO THE AWESOME WILDERNESS OF ALASKA. EVEN AS HE GREW UP HUNTING THE DANGEROUS SWAMPLAND OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, JEAN LABARGE FELT DRAWN BY THE STRENGHT AND BEAUTY OF THE DISTANT LAND. NOW A BATTLE HARDENED ADVENTURER JEAN BOLDLY FACES THE DANGERS OF RUSSIAN OWNED SITKA. THOSE RUSSIANS WHO WILL VIOLENTLY PROTECT THEIR FOOTHOLD ON THE CONTINENT MOVE SWIFTLY TO DESTROY JEAN JUST AS THEY HAVE THREATENED HELENA, THE WOMAN WHO CHALLENGED THEIR TREACHERY, THE WOMAN JEAN DESIRES. FIRED BY HELENA'S COURAGE AND BY THE CALL OF HIS COUNTRY, JEAN IS READY FOR A FIGHT TO WIN ALASKA FOR AMERICA.

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  • "MAJESTICALLY IT ROSE FROM THE ICY WATERS, THE GATEWAY TO THE AWESOME WILDERNESS OF ALASKA. EVEN AS HE GREW UP HUNTING THE DANGEROUS SWAMPLAND OF THE SUSQUEHANNA, JEAN LABARGE FELT DRAWN BY THE STRENGHT AND BEAUTY OF THE DISTANT LAND. NOW A BATTLE HARDENED ADVENTURER JEAN BOLDLY FACES THE DANGERS OF RUSSIAN OWNED SITKA. THOSE RUSSIANS WHO WILL VIOLENTLY PROTECT THEIR FOOTHOLD ON THE CONTINENT MOVE SWIFTLY TO DESTROY JEAN JUST AS THEY HAVE THREATENED HELENA, THE WOMAN WHO CHALLENGED THEIR TREACHERY, THE WOMAN JEAN DESIRES. FIRED BY HELENA'S COURAGE AND BY THE CALL OF HIS COUNTRY, JEAN IS READY FOR A FIGHT TO WIN ALASKA FOR AMERICA."@en
  • "The big, bold novel of Jean Labarge, sailor, lover, adventurer, who fought his way to wealth and power in the mighty struggle for Alaska."@en
  • "Frontiersman, adventurer, and sailor Jean LaBarge devises a plan to rid the Alaska Territory--owned by Russia in the 1840s--of Baron Zinnovy, a Russian who seizes control of the territory's fur trade, killing anyone who dares oppose him."@en
  • "Majestically it rose from the icy waters, the gateway to the awesome wilderness of Alaska. Sitka drew all brand of adventurers, con men, criminals, and pioneers--men such as trail-tough, battle-hardened Jean LaBarge. He left the swamps of the Susquehanna behind for the rugged beauty--and deadly challenges--of this frozen frontier. But the empire-hungry Russians had already established a foothold in Sitka and they wouldn't give it up without a fierce and treacherous struggle that stretched from San Francisco to the palaces of St. Petersburg. Now Jean faces the most dangerous fight of his life: a fight for a passionate woman and the right to claim Alaska for America."@en
  • "Battle-hardened Jean LaBarge came of age on the American frontier, and is always in search of bold adventure. He'll find more than he bargains for in the rugged Alaskan territory, where he'll meet his match in Baron Zinnovy. Now he must defeat this savage, empire-hungry Russian to save his country's right to claim this frozen landscape ... and to win over the heart of the beautiful princess he loves!"
  • "Battle-hardened Jean LaBarge came of age on the American frontier, and is always in search of bold adventure. He'll find more than he bargains for in the rugged Alaskan territory, where he'll meet his match in Baron Zinnovy. Now he must defeat this savage, empire-hungry Russian to save his country's right to claim this frozen landscape ... and to win over the heart of the beautiful princess he loves!"@en
  • "Jean LaBarge goes to Alaska where he and Helena are involved in winning Alaska from the Russians for the United States."
  • "Jean LaBarge goes to Alaska where he and Helena are involved in winning Alaska from the Russians for the United States."@en
  • "Adventurer Jean LaBarge travels to Alaska where he and Helena, a beautiful Russian princess, become involved in winning Alaska from the Russians for the United States."@en
  • "He was born in the swamps of the Eastern States, and came of age on the frontier. An adventurer, a sailor, and a man who braved any risk, Jean LaBarge found a challenge he would live and die for - on the rugged coast of the Alaska Territory."
  • "When the three outlaws who planned to rob Captain Hutchins are captured through Jean LaBarge's efforts, the captain agrees to take Jean with him on a trip to Alaska."
  • "He was born in the swamps of the Eastern States, but he came of age on the frontier. Now, Jean LaFarge finds himself swept up in an epic battle in the wilds of Alaska, where a tyranical Russian has seized control of the fur trade-and the land. But Jean has never backed down from a fight, even one as bold and dangerous as this-a battle that will shape the future of America."
  • "Now Jean faces the most dangerous fight for a passionate woman and the right to claim Alaska for American."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Western stories"
  • "Western stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Western"@en

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  • "Sitka. (Accelerated Reader)"@en
  • "Sitka : istoriko-prilki︠u︡chencheskiĭ roman"
  • "Sitka"@en
  • "Sitka"@da
  • "Sitka"
  • "Alaska"@it
  • "Alaska"

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