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Out of the wilderness : escaping my father's prison and my journey to forgiveness Cover Image Book Book

Out of the wilderness : escaping my father's prison and my journey to forgiveness

Doerksen, Elishaba (author.). Yorkey, Mike, (author.).

Summary: "Elishaba Doerksen was the oldest of fifteen children born to ex-hippies Robert and Kurina Hale, also known as Papa Pilgrim and Country Rose. Elishaba grew up in a dilapidated 340-square-foot log cabin in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico, isolated from civilization by a fundamentalist father intent on keeping his large family cloistered from a godless world. When she was nineteen, Papa Pilgrim began taking liberties with Elishaba in unimaginable ways and beating her, and her siblings, when he judged them to be "rebellious." The horrific sexual and physical abuse continued after the family moved to a remote valley in the Alaska wilderness. After ten years of terrifying mistreatment, Elishaba gathered her courage to make a run for it on a snowmobile. What happens next is the basis for a powerful, dramatic story about perseverance, faith, and redemption, as well as forgiveness."--Back cover.

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  • ISBN: 9781950465484
  • ISBN: 1950465489
  • Physical Description: print
    431 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: [Palmer, Alaska] : Core Media Group, Inc., [2022]

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Formatted Contents Note: The escape -- The rise of Bobby Hale -- Life in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains -- Crossing the line -- The last frontier -- The escape, part 2 -- Epilogue -- Photo gallery -- Acknowledgments -- Afterwords by Dr. Larry Severson -- About the authors -- Ask Elishaba to speak at your community event or church conference.

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