Ivan Doig's The Sea Rider

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Based on a true incident in 1853, Ivan Doig’s The Sea Runners tells about the escape of four Swedish indentured servants from a fur trade fort in Russian-America. In order to seek opportunity in the new world, many Europeans signed on to an indenture to the Russian-American company in Sitka, specifically, the fur trade. After two years, four Swedish described in the book servants could no longer take it and decide to escape. After stealing supplies and a native canoe, they set off for the U.S. city of Astoria, 1200 miles south. They tackle many antagonists including storms, rocks, angry Russians and Koloshes (name of the natives the Russians gave). Only two of the men survive, barely making it to Astoria with extreme hunger and thirst. Despite