![]() ![]() He had been a devoted reader since his teens when he stopped into a local library on a freezing day, and in his mid-20s felt such a compulsion to write that he abruptly left his job as an aerospace engineer in California. He graduated from high school, raised his own tuition money to attend Bemidji State University and, in his early 20s, served in the U.S. He would recall his parents becoming so debilitated by rage and alcohol that he was essentially taking care of himself by his early teens, even hunting for his own food with a makeshift bow and arrow. Paulsen, who grew up in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, had all too much personal experience to draw from for his work. The "Hatchet" series continued with "The River," "Brian's Winter," in which Paulsen imagined an alternate ending for the first novel, "Brian's Return" and "Brian's Hunt." He also turned out such series as the Francis Tucket adventure books and Murphy Westerns. In his newest wilderness adventure novel, the Newbery Awardwinning author weaves fiction and nonfiction to create a. ![]() ![]() The woods and books are the only reason I got through my childhood in one piece." I learned the rules and I not only survived, I thrived. "On my own, under the trees or on the lake or next to the river, I was protected and as far from danger as I'd ever been," he wrote. CNN Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed young adult author known for his wilderness adventure novels Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room, died on Wednesday at age 82, according to the. ![]()
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