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Gary Paulsen attended Thief River Falls High School and graduated in 1957. Even though Paulsen was a bad student, with mostly C's and D's, and he hated school, he had a favorite teacher. His favorite teacher taught social studies and according to Paulsen, he made "history come alive."" If it had not been for that teacher, Paulsen might have quit school and not become the great author that he is today.
Paulsen spent much of his time at his grandmother's house. Paulsen felt that she was the only adult who cared about him. Even though his grandmother was able to comfort him somewhat, Paulsen ran away from home when he was fourteen, unable to handle his parents' drunken state anymore or deal with having to changing schools every five months. Paulsen then joined a traveling carnival and inherited a taste for adventure. Many of Paulsen's novels such as The Beet Fields (2000) and The Car (1994) tell of his experiences when he ran away.
Even though Paulsen had a difficult childhood, he is now thankful for it. He says that because of his rough childhood, he learned to be persistent and independent. He is also grateful for his childhood because he had so many challenges and adventures, which he uses as the basis for many of his novels. .
For his higher education, Paulsen attended Bemidji College from 1957 - 1958 and the University of Colorado in 1976. He paid for his tuition by working as a part time trapper while he was in college. Even though Paulsen did horribly in elementary and high school, he was very determined to do well in college.
Gary Paulsen has been married three times during his lifetime. He had two children with his first wife. Paulsen married his third wife, Ruth Ellen Wright, on May 5, 1971, when he was thirty-one years old. Together, they had one son, James Wright. They currently live in La Luz New Mexico, and they own a boat on the Pacific. .
Gary Paulsen's career has spanned many different jobs.
Survival is a theme in all of Paulsen's more than 100 books. And survival is something he knows well. He's lived in the wilderness with only a bow and arrow, sailed the ocean alone, killed bears and moose. It is Gary Paulsen's overwhelming belief in young people that drives him to write. His intense...
Born on May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gary Paulsen is the author of more than 40 books, 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays; primarily for Young Adults. Paulsen's interests in books and reading came when he was a teenager and walked into a library to escape the cold of a Minnesota winter. ... Reading helped Paulsen cope with a difficult family situation then and remains a constant in his life today. Much of Paulsen's work features outdoor settings showing the importance of ...
Harris and Me I read the book called "Harris and Me" written by Gary Paulsen. It is about a boy who has to come to stay on a farm with his relatives. He meets a cousin name Harris and experiences a lot of adventures and troubles. The main idea of the book is that farm life might be difficult but...
Courage, Determination, and Hunger? Thirteen year old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when his single engine airplane in which he is in crashes. This is the story line in the book called Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, a Newbery Honor Book. In the novel Hatchet, Brian Robeson shows that...
The title of my book is The Island by Gary Paulsen. The main character in this book is Wil Neuton. He is a 15-year-old boy who is 6 foot 2. Susan is also an important character in this novel, he meets her when he moves to northern Wisconsin. His dad got an offer to do his job there so his fami...
Hatchet The auther of my book is Gary Paulsen the main charicter is Brian Robinson the setting is in the Canadian wilderness. Hatchet is a book about a 13 year old kid named Brian who crash lands a plane in the Canadian wilderness and has to survive on his own. Brian is flying to Alaska to vi...
THE RIVER The River written by Gary Paulsen is a sequel to the book "The Hatchet." This book is about a boy named Brian Robeson who has survived months in the woods by himself and now goes back to the woods to show and teach people how to survive. Three men have come to Brian's hou...
Which of the three factors had the greatest impact on Chuck Noles Fate/ability to survive? First of all, I think this is two questions in itself. Chuck Noles Fate is determined by chance while his ability to survive is determined by his heredity. His intelligence ends up being one of the key tools i...
