Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier / Tom Kizzia.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307587824
- ISBN: 0307587827
- ISBN: 0307587835
- Physical Description: xx, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. The farthest-out place. Hillbilly heaven ; Flight of the angels ; The Pilgrim Family Minstrels -- pt. 3. Out of the wilderness. A quiet year ; The Wanigan ; Exodus ; Pilgrim's last stand ; The man in the iron cage.
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- 22 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | BIO HALE (Text)
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