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Pilgrim's wilderness, a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier, Tom Kizzia

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Includes bibliographical references

individual biography

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non fiction

Pilgrim's wilderness

Tom Kizzia

a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier

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 this book, the author 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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