A review by princesszinza
Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
4.0
This book hit on many of my strange interests: weird cults, messed up families, wilderness living, anti-government activism, true crime and even tangentially the Kennedy assassination. Tom Kizzia was the perfect person to tell this tale, as he has a cabin in the McCarty area and actually had met the Pilgrim family.
After finishing this book, I thought about how these strange cult figures are all very similar. Charisma, narcissism, drug abuse and mental illness are all traits that Charles Manson, Jim Jones, and Robert Hale all shared.
After finishing this book, I thought about how these strange cult figures are all very similar. Charisma, narcissism, drug abuse and mental illness are all traits that Charles Manson, Jim Jones, and Robert Hale all shared.