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Book Review of The Sea Runners (Contemporary American Fiction)

The Sea Runners (Contemporary American Fiction)
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A fictionalized version of a real event Doig had read about, he brings his story to life with a wonderful group of characters who escape from indentured servitude by making their way down the Pacific Coast of America in a Native Alaskan canoe. Their struggles, both physical and mental, seem real and heartrending. Stuck together out of necessity, they are hardly a smooth-working machine, but oh what they accomplish! Another wonderful book by Ivan Doig.