Name: Bill Vann's novel Retired places Beaver Island in its fictional world
Start: 2004-04
End: 2004-04
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-04
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationliteraturegeographycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2004 Beacon reviewed Retired, a suspense novel by Iron Ore Bay’s Bill Vann. The paper emphasized that the book’s fictional plot repeatedly returns to recognizable Beaver Island settings while remaining a work of fiction.

Evidence limits

This record documents the Beacon’s review and its description of the island setting. It does not independently verify every place reference in the novel.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 2004, "Beaver Island on the fictional Map."
Reviews Bill Vann's suspense novel Retired and says its climactic scenes repeatedly return to recognizable Beaver Island and Iron Ore Bay settings. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the published book review.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Bill Vann's novel Retired places Beaver Island in its fictional world”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-vann-retired-publication-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2004, "Beaver Island on the fictional Map." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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