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j BACKGROUND
Had a difficult home life as a child, largely due to his parents being alcoholics
Failed 9th grade and later was graduated from high school with a low average grade
Became an avid reader when a librarian gave him a library card
j CAREER
engineer, construction worker, ranch hand, truck driver, Iditarod racer and sailor
j WORKS (of more than 200)
Hatchet
Dogsong
Soldier's Heart
j QUOTE
"War is always, in all ways, bad."
j SIGNIFICANCE
Soldier's Heart is historical fiction that gives an emotional and factual glimpse of one soldier's experiences in the American Civil War
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Image credit: Mitchell, C.E. "Photo of Gary Paulsen." 2002. Hillscape Photos by Longhouse Co. Posted on Gary Paulsen: About Gary. 2004. Random House. 6 Jul. 2007 <http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/about.html>.
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