“There are obsessed people who devote their hearts to horses, ships and weapons for the rest of their lives. Jean Labarge was so obsessed, but he gave his heart to a land called Alaska. It lay in the north, vast and uninhabited, without cities. A land of glaciers, mountains, icy bays and rocky fjords, vast grassy plains and snow-capped canyons, endless tundra and miles of beautiful timber forest. Ice tongues of the Arctic seas licked the rocky ledges of its rugged shores, and above it the northern lights played in multi-colored ribbons. Jean LaBarge fell in love with this land long before he saw it, because he felt its strength, beauty and richness...” Louis Lamour’s novel “Sitka” tells the story of the fascinating adventures of Jean LaBarge, full of dangers, whose image makes one remember the pure-hearted, brave and resourceful, able to stand up for themselves, enterprising and purposeful heroes of Jack London.