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08.05: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
2013-07-10 20:35:59| Powells Books Events Calendar
Into the Wild meets Helter Skelter in this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in the deepest reaches of the Alaskan wilderness — and of the chilling secrets of its maniacal, spellbinding patriarch. In Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier (Crown), veteran Alaska journalist Tom Kizzia unfolds the remarkable, at times harrowing, story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale, a charismatic spinner of American myths who was not what he seemed. In this powerful piece of Americana, written with uncommon grace and high drama, Kizzia uses his unparalleled access to capture an era-defining clash between environmentalists and pioneers ignited by a mesmerizing sociopath who held a town and a family captive.
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