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Kizzia, Tom.

Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska Frontier / Tom Kizzia. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c2013. - xx, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-305).

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.

ISBN: 9780307587824 (hardback) 9780307587848 (ebook) 9780307587831 ( paperback)

LCCN: 2012016502

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hale, Robert 1941-2008.
Hale, Robert 1941-2008 --Family.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pioneers--Alaska--McCarthy--Biography.
Fundamentalists--Alaska--McCarthy--Biography.
Criminals--Alaska--McCarthy--Biography.
Abusive men--Alaska--McCarthy--Biography.
Dysfunctional families--Alaska--McCarthy.
Incest--Alaska--McCarthy.
Cults--Alaska--McCarthy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
McCarthy (Alaska)--Biography.

LC Class. No.: F914.M33 / K59 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 979.8/05092 B