Alaska (novel) | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Trofin Zhdanko - This character was a Cossack sentenced to hang for killing the governor.

Cidaq - This character, who was sold to Russian fur traders, was the great-grandchild of the Old One on Lopak Island.

Missy Peckham - This character moved from Chicago to Alaska. Ironically, as an Alaskan statehood supporter, this character died on the day Alaska became the forty-ninth state.

Aleksandr Baraov - This character was an Irkutsk businessperson who had a glass factory. Later, this person became the representative of a fur trading company.

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