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Title:
Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska Frontier
JLCTITLE245:
Tom Kizzia.
Personal Author:
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).
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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