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For their assistance and unfailing courtesies during the researching and development of this book, I wish to thank the staffs of the New York City Public Library, the Robarts Library of the University of Toronto, Oxford’s Bodleian Library, the George Washington University Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the University of British Columbia Library, as well as the British Columbia Provincial Archive.

Much of the inspiration for The St. Petersburg Connection came from Alexandre Tarsaidzé’s Czars and Presidents. I am particularly grateful to Norman E. Saul of the University of Kansas for his brilliant and comprehensive studies of Russian-American relations. In this work, I have made liberal use of the references Dr. Saul cites in his two major books on the subject, Distant Friends: The United States and Russia, 1763–1867 and Concord and Conflict: The United States and Russia, 1867–1914.

In addition to Dr. Saul’s writings, I refer readers wishing to explore the subject more fully to the work of John F. Dulles and Frank A. Golder, whose books are listed in the bibliography.

Thank you to Dominic Farrell of Dundurn Press for his astute editing of the manuscript, and to my good friend Cameron Macleod for his map work. As always thanks to my agent and friend Bill Hanna of Acacia House Publishing Services, who offered helpful advice and encouragement as this work progressed.