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A life of adventure. Growing up in Sitka, Alaska. Commercial fishing. Becoming ill with tuberculosis, two years of hospitalization, then attending the University of Washington. Teaching in Germany, getting married there, coming back to Alaska to teach.

Alaska Sonata is a classic mystery set in the time of the Nome, Alaska gold rush. Before the S.S. Victoria completes her spring run to Nome. Stumpy, Andrew Macfarlane, ex wrestler, ship's detective, and pianist on "Old Vic" must peel away layers of confusion and false leads to deliver the murderer to the captain. Because of his looks, Stumpy's shrewdness is usually underestimated. But not by Victoria's captain, Thor Lundstrom. "Storm," as his crew call him, demands the impossible from Stumpy and will get it. "How can a dead man be killed?" As he walks the beach of the indian village, Hoonah,...

And the Raven Smiled is many stories in one. In a World War II setting, it is a page-turning adventure. Like on stormy seas, the tale rolls nonstop from one crisis to another. It is also a study in the clash of cultures, white and Tlingit Indian. But it is yet more: The characters are all very real and Alaskan unique. You will grow to love them and not want to quit reading and leave them. Jim McGraham, as Natalya describes him: "You are like a kid on a rocky shore, jumping from boulder to boulder, and then you miss, fall into the surf, and discover you can't swim. You have no back-up...

A cargo of trouble. Six working girls, ladies of the line, have decided to seek their fortune on the gold rich beaches of Nome, Alaska. Captain Lundstrom and his crew have the task of escorting them safely. A criminally insane murderer is on board. Ship detective Stumpy Macfarlane, has to use his best planning to stay on step ahead of the murderer. To assist him, Stumpy has his crew of regulars: Nurse Matty, chef Wing, Purser Bobby Burns, and a special guest, Lawman, Wyatt Earp. The Victoria is put on lock-down, and still the murder manages to find victims.