Alone in the Wilderness

by Hap Gilliland

High school student Flint Red Coyote is challenged by his classmates to spend three fall/winter months completely alone in the Beartooth Wilderness Area. Flint carefully plans and prepares for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879612576
• ISBN13: 9780879612573
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Naturegraph Publishers
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

Easy read, Interesting info

"Alone in the Wilderness" contains a lot of interesting information regarding Cheyenne traditions and traditional Cheyenne beliefs. It is also fun to follow Flint's trials as he tackles the challenge of surviving the Beartooth Mts in autumn. One part of the book I found unbelievable was the dialogue between the teenagers. It seemed unrealistic that teens would talk so often with such a philisophical outlook--even if some teens think that way, they don't talk that way. Over all, though, I enjoyed this book and found it a very easy read. I would recommend this book to others.

Pleasurable to read, and always offers a positive take

Alone In The Wilderness is a coming-of-age story with an indigenous focus. Told from the viewpoint of Flint Red Coyote, a teenaged Cheyenne high school student who faces racism from dominant culture peers, Alone in the Wilderness recounts one young man's way of finding the best in himself while discovering through experience a rich and varied heritage of survival skills. Challenged by unfriendly white students to live as his ancestors have, young Flint uses all his resources to plan for the danger of spending three fall-into-winter months alone in the Beartooth Wilderness Area of Montana. Together with his dog O'kohome, Flint faces a blizzard, hunger, exhaustion, and the theft of his food supply by a bigger mammal (grizzly bear). In the end he helps to rescue a friend and finds what he did not know he was looking for, self respect, and a way to appreciate and use his own unique spiritual and physical gifts.Written by Hap Gilliland, a professor in Native American Education at Montana State University, Alone In The Wilderness has many details of Native American practices and tools that enrich the story. The book is pleasurable to read, and always offers a positive take on the problems encountered. It should appeal to young people of multiple and varied ethnic origins.Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer