Much of Paulsen's work features the outdoors and highlights the importance of nature. Using his varied life experiences, especially those of an outdoorsman (a hunter, trapper, and three-time competitor in the 1,150 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race), Paulsen writes about what he knows best. In 1966, his first book was published under the title The Special War.
Paulsen used his work as a magazine proofreader to learn the craft of writing. He is the author of more than 200 books (many of which are out of print), 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for young adults.īorn in Minnesota in 1939, he was raised by his grandmother and aunts. Gary Paulsen writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. Awards-3 Newbery Honor Awards Spurs Award of Western Writers of America.The novel chronicles in gritty detail Brian's mistakes, setbacks, and small triumphs as, with the help of the hatchet, he manages to survive the 54 days alone in the wilderness. Miraculously Brian is able to swim free of the plane, arriving on a sandy tree-lined shore with only his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present. The plane drifts off course and finally crashes into a small lake.
Brian Robeson, 13, is the only passenger on a small plane flying him to visit his father in the Canadian wilderness when the pilot has a heart attack and dies.
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