Mike Vouri is an author and historian and and chief of interpretation and historian for the San Juan Island National Historical park for years before he retired. He has written 3 books about the Pig War and co-written two books about San Juan Island. The new edition of his book “The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay” was released by WSU in April.
I invited Mike on because not only is he just an interesting guy with an interesting story, he probably knows more about the history of the San Juan Islands than anyone else on earth, and specifically the story of the almost war between Great Britain and the United States over the boundary line between their two countries in the 1860's and what lessons that moment has for us now.
His books