Gary Paulsen: The Librarian Who Changed His Life | Gone to the Woods

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"One of the best loved writers alive.” —The New York Times<br /><br />His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen, he may never have become a reader. <br /><br />Learn more in his groundbreaking memoir, GONE TO THE WOODS: https://bit.ly/2IPYlxu

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“One of the best loved writers alive.” —The New York Times

His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories. Now, beloved author Gary Paulsen portrays a series of life-altering moments from his turbulent childhood as his own original survival story. If not for his summer escape from a shockingly neglectful Chicago upbringing to a North Woods homestead at age five, there never would have been a Hatchet. Without the encouragement of the librarian who handed him his first book at age thirteen, he may never have become a reader.

Learn more in his groundbreaking memoir, GONE TO THE WOODS: https://bit.ly/2IPYlxu