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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.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780307587824 (hbk.) :
- ISBN: 0307587827 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: xx, 309 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, c2013.
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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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| Subject: | Hale, Robert (Robert Allen), 1941-2008. Hale, Robert (Robert Allen), 1941-2008 > Family. Pioneers > Alaska > McCarthy > Biography. Fundamentalists > Alaska > McCarthy > Biography. Criminals > Alaska > McCarthy > Biography. Abusive men > Alaska > McCarthy > Biography. McCarthy (Alaska) > Biography. Dysfunctional families > Alaska > McCarthy. Incest > Alaska > McCarthy. Cults > Alaska > McCarthy. |
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| Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library: Lincoln County Library |
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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.
