Pilgrim's Wilderness
A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
by Tom Kizzia
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Pub Date Jul 16 2013 | Archive Date Jul 16 2013
Crown Publishing | Crown Trade
Description
Pilgrim's Wilderness is the bizarre and utterly fascinating story of how Robert "Papa Pilgrim" Hale and his 15-child self-named Pilgrim family came to settle deep in one of the most remote parts of Alaska, motivated by a belief that a simple pioneer life could be lived there in the 21st century. Celebrated by locals for his antiestablishment ways, Hale was eventually exposed as a cult leader-like sociopath with an extraordinary criminal past who brutalized his wife and children and kept them isolated, ignorant, and under his control.
Advance Praise
“What an epic story – sociopathy and crazy ideology hits the final frontier. Jon Krakauer couldn’t have done it any better.”
– Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and Deep Economy
“Pilgrim’s Wilderness is a fine book, methodically narrating a tale of libertarianism gone haywire on a genuine frontier.”
– Edward Hoagland, author of Children Are Diamonds
“There isn't a bad sentence in Pilgrim’s Wilderness, not a dull page or sour note. A masterpiece of reporting and storytelling.”
– Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential and A Match Made in Heaven
“The bizarre and tragic true story that unfolds in the pages of this extraordinary book is like nothing else I have ever read. Through prodigious research, blending compassion with investigative skill, Tom Kizzia has woven a mythic tale out of that most mythic of American landscapes – Alaska.”
– David Roberts, author of Alone on the Ice
Marketing Plan
Marketing and Publicity
Publicist: Sarah C. Breivogel
· National publicity
· National review and feature attention
· Author interviews out of Alaska
· Bookseller and library galley mailings
· Photos and Pilgrim Family Tree available for promotional use
· Social media promotions, including author video interview at launch
· Galley giveaways on Goodreads.com and Library Thing.com
· Outreach to Alaskan travel and historical organizations for cross-promotion
· Fodors.com promotion, including blog post from the author
· EverydayBook.com and Biographile.com features
· Buzz mailings to law enforcement and DA offices in major urban markets
· eBlasts to non-fiction, true-crime, and wilderness / frontier interest blogs
· Library and Academic promotion
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780307587824 |
| PRICE | $25.00 (USD) |
