Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska Frontier
by
 
Kizzia, Tom.

Title
: 
Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska Frontier

Tom Kizzia.

Personal Author
: 
Kizzia, Tom.

Edition
: 
1st ed.

Publication Information
: 
New York : Crown, ©2013.

Physical Description
: 
xx, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

ISBN
: 
9780307587824
 
9780307587831

Abstract
: 
Documents the story of Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and the antiestablishment family settlement in remote Alaska that was exposed as a cult-like prison where Hale brutalized and isolated his wife and fifteen children.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305).

Personal Subject
: 
Hale, Robert (Robert Allen), 1941-2008.
 
Hale, Robert (Robert Allen), 1941-2008-Family.

Subject Term
: 
Pioneers -- Alaska -- McCarthy -- Biography.
 
Fundamentalists -- Alaska -- McCarthy -- Biography.
 
Criminals -- Alaska -- McCarthy -- Biography.
 
Abusive men -- Alaska -- McCarthy -- Biography.
 
Dysfunctional families -- Alaska -- McCarthy.
 
Incest -- Alaska -- McCarthy.
 
Cults -- Alaska -- McCarthy.
 
Frontier and pioneer life -- McCarthy (Alaska) -- Biography.

Geographic Term
: 
McCarthy (Alaska) -- Biography.

Contents
: 
Prologue: Third month -- Pilgrim's Trail: The road to McCarthy ; History's shadow ; The bollard wars ; Sunlight and firefly ; Motorheads ; The rainbow cross ; Hostile territory ; Holy Bob and the wild west ; God vs. the Park Service ; The Pilgrim's progress -- The farthest-out place: Hillbilly heaven ; Flight of the angels ; The Pilgrim Family minstrels -- Out of the wilderness: A quiet year ; The wanigan ; Exodus ; Pilgrim's last stand ; The man in the iron cage -- Epilogue: Peaceful harbor.


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APL GirdwoodN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookGeneral Collection
APL LoussacN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookAlaska Collection Level 3
APL LoussacN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookAlaska Collection Level 3
APL LoussacN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookAlaska Collection Level 3
APL Mountain ViewN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookGeneral Collection
APL MuldoonN-B HALE-R KIZZIABookGeneral Collection
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FNSB FairbanksF 914 .M33 .K59 2013BookAlaskana Collection
FNSB North PoleF 914 .M33 .K59 2013BookAlaskana Collection
FNSB North PoleF 914 .M33 .K59 2013BookAlaskana Collection
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Kenai CommunityALASKA 979.8 KIZBookAlaska Non-fiction
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State Library HistoricalF914.M33K59 2013BookIn Library Use Only
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Sutton PublicALASKA 979.8 KIZZIABookAlaska
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TC Nuiqsut Trapper Community979.8 KAZBookNon-fiction
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Trapper Creek PublicALASKA 979.805092 KIZZIABookAlaska
Tuzzy ConsortiumF914.M33 K59 2013BookMain Collection
UAA KenaiF914 .M33K59BookAlaskana Collection
UAA KodiakF914.M33 K59 2013BookGeneral Collection
UAA Mat-SuF914.M33 K59 2013BookGeneral Collection
UAA/APU ConsortiumF914.M33 K59 2013BookAlaskana Collection
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