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Foreward - Chapter 1

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Paulsen, Gary. Guts. 2001. Hardcover.

• In the Foreward, Paulsen shared that he wrote the book Guts to satisfy questions that readers kept asking about one of their favorite characters, Brian Robeson.

• Paulsen had written several books about the character.

• In Chapter 1, Paulsen remember the catastrophic even in Hatchet where the pilot died of a heart attack.

• Brian had to fly the plane and try to land it.

• He managed a crash in a lake, where he was able to swim free and save himself.

• When Paulsen first wrote, he wrote at home between construction jobs.

• He had a lot of downtime, so he volunteered for the local ambulance company.

• He and his wife lived in a small town in the middle of farm country.

• The volunteer ambulance service was small, and they had...

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