Deadly Sins

Hope City -- The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope -- Neil Perry Gordon

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Warned by his father to conceal his Jewish heritage from the ruffians he may encounter, Samuel changes his name to the less conspicuous Percy Hope.

Key Points: 
  • Warned by his father to conceal his Jewish heritage from the ruffians he may encounter, Samuel changes his name to the less conspicuous Percy Hope.
  • This fateful decision gives a yet-unnamed mining village a new identity and catapults Percy into a world where the good and the righteous must face greedy and ruthless adversaries.
  • Along a waterway known as Turnagain Arm, the newly named Hope City and the more established Sunrise are like opposite sisters.
  • The good and virtuous Hope, with a Catholic church led by the influential Reverend O'Hara, admonishes residents against committing the seven deadly sins.