Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier
Title:
Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier
Author:
Kizzia, Tom.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]
©2013
Physical Description:
xx, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
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ISBN:
9780307587824
Format :
Book
