Ford's Terror

Through the lens of both historical records and fictional representation, Ford's Terror takes the reader on a journey to, from and through-out Southeast Alaska in 1889, just twenty-two years after Alaska was purchased from Russia. Among several adventures during their six-month journey, the crew of the coastal survey ship Carlise P. Patterson encounter hostile Tlingits, distrustful of white people on account of the Navy bombardment of Angoon just years before. The story is about Harry L. Ford, a Navy Master at Arms and United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Hydrographer. Ford's Terror describes the events that lead to Mr. Ford being in a narrow channel that would be later bear his name. Harry L. Ford is the hero in this epic drama. Towering mountains and unmatched wilderness provide the perfect setting.