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Pilgrim's wilderness

nature, family and the wrath of God in an Alaska ghost town

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An edition of Pilgrim's wilderness (2013)

Pilgrim's wilderness

nature, family and the wrath of God in an Alaska ghost town

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.5 (4 ratings) ·
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

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.

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Crown
Language
English
Pages
309

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Subjects

Abusive men, Criminals, Family, Dysfunctional families, Cults, Fundamentalists, Incest, Pioneers, Biography, Alaska, biography, Criminals, biography, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2013-08-04, New York Times bestseller

People

Robert Hale (1941-2008)

Places

McCarthy (Alaska), Alaska, McCarthy
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Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
Jul 15, 2014, Broadway Books
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Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
Jul 16, 2013, Brand: Random House Audio, Random House Audio
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Pilgrim's wilderness: nature, family and the wrath of God in an Alaska ghost town
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Table of Contents

Prologue: Third Month
Part One. 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
Part Two. The Farthest-Out Place
Hillbilly Heaven
Flight of the Angels
The Pilgrim Family Minstrels
Part Three. Out of the Wilderness
A Quiet Year
The Wanigan
Exodus
Pilgrim's Last Stand
The Man in the Iron Cage
Epilogue: Peaceful Harbor.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
979.8/05092, B
Library of Congress
F914.M33 K59 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
309

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25330975M
ISBN 13
9780307587824, 9780307587848
LCCN
2012016502
OCLC/WorldCat
794227933

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