Woodsong

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Bradbury Press, 1990 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 132 pages
Follow three-time Newbery Honor author and adventurer Gary Paulsen in this award-winning memoir as he flies off of a dogsled, almost gets killed by a bear, has tricks played on him by his clever dogs, watches a banty hen terrorize his backyard (and wife), and races toward the Alaska Mountain Range in the 1,180-mile Iditarod.

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
9
Section 3
21
Copyright

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About the author (1990)

Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. He was working as a satellite technician for an aerospace firm in California when he realized he wanted to be a writer. He left his job and spent the next year in Hollywood as a magazine proofreader. His first book, Special War, was published in 1966. He has written more than 175 books for young adults including Brian's Winter, Winterkill, Harris and Me, Woodsong, Winterdance, The Transall Saga, Soldier's Heart, This Side of Wild, and Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books. Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room are Newbery Honor Books. He was the recipient of the 1997 Margaret A. Edwards Award for his lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.