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Pilgrim's wilderness : a true story of faith and madness on the Alaska frontier /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kizzia, Tom
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.
Description
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.
Physical Description:xx, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780307587824 (hbk.) :
0307587827 (hbk.)