Listened as an audiobook. If you are interested in the authors experiences that lead him to write the Hatchett stories, then pick up this book. Gary Paulsen lived through many of the experiences he later would use in writing his wilderness survival stories. Quick paced, educational. Who knew you could eat fish eyes if you were hungry enough.

Guts is about events that happened in Gary Paulsen’s life. It goes into detail about different experiences and his interests. It’s quite hard to follow the timeline of what happens. He organizes everything by different topics. You can tell that he loved talking about hunting the most, because it keeps coming up in grave detail. It’s a disturbing read at certain points. The “Moose Attacks” are just an example of this. It’s an informational read about guns, hunting, survival in the woods, etc. He goes into grave detail of how he almost died because of an attack. If you like learning about hunting or just reading his experiences you would enjoy it. Don’t read while eating or after eating.

The book “Guts” by Gary Paulsen, the author of the book “Hatchet” is based on the backstory of how the character Brian is made. In the beginning, a plane crash was involved in a very cold place. It somewhat relates to the story of Brian’s plane crash. However, this book wasn’t the best at keeping you interested. He basically wrote a biography of himself but a little different and in 3rd person. Another example is when he got attacked by mosquitos and other “bugging” insects. The book is basically showing a lot of his problems in the wilderness. At the end he has a cooking section where he shows us how to be safe. I would recommend this book because he deals with lots of stuff and it can be interesting as well as showing you how to survive. 4/5.

Gary Paulsen uses some life experiences in his story. He uses the character Brian Robersen to go through his experiences. Some of his life experiences are a moose attack, a plane crash, and a paramedic. Some of the challenges he had against was a guy named Harvey was having a chest pain and he was rescued by Brian but had later died. This story mainly happened in the Alaskan Territory.

Im Hotel ausgeliehen: Kenne zwar die Hatchet-Bücher nicht, dieses war aber sehr spannend und perfekt für einen Abend am Pool.

i liked this book because it showed the life of an author wich to me this author had a very exciting life. another thing that was interesting was that this author wrote about how he used life experiences to write his book.

I this this book because it explained the true stories behind the book Hatchet. I liked to read this book because I could relate the stories to Hatchet.For example when he had eat the raw egg in Hatchet Gary Paulsen told the true story in Guts. I think he uses good examples.My favorite part is when he is in the plane with the dogs and they are going down. I would recommend this book to people who like fishing and hunting.

Guts is the story about Gary Paulsen's life and experiences. We learn about how the books about Brian Roberson came to be and how the ideas came to mind. Paulsen swears nothing in the books are made up and he has experinced everything that has happened in this story. I really love how he holds nothing back. He includes every detail about what happened. I enjoy about how he teaches the reader how he did things. He explained how he made his own bow and arrows. He even told us how he fire hardened the tips of some. He is a really good writer and a true sportsman.

Beloved author Gary Paulsen, patron saint of reluctant readers, describes some of his real-life experiences that went into the writing of Hatchet, including witnessing more than one death, plane crashes, encounters with various wildlife, running the Iditerod, and roughing it in the wild. He also gives readers a glimpse into what must have been a difficult childhood, mentioning kind game wardens who looked the other way when he was forced to hunt out of season to feed himself because his drunken parents couldn't provide for him and he was hungry, and several low-paying menial jobs he held as a kid to get by.

This book is a somewhat random compilation of stories, in no particular order, jumping around among various points in Paulsen's life. The writing is not particularly eloquent, but it is gritty and compelling and will have the reader alternately laughing, gripped in suspense, and recoiling in horror (and maybe slightly dubious that one person really experienced all that?). I really liked the quotes from Hatchet sprinkled throughout to remind you of the part of Brian's story that is related to the real-life tale you are about to read.

Readers who were fans of the Brian series, or of tales of hunting and outdoor survival in general, will definitely enjoy reading Paulsen's memoir. I gave it 3 stars from my perspective, but easily 3.5 - 4 from the perspective of the intended audience.

Could the things that supposedly happened in Hatchet and the Brian Books really have happened in real life? Gary Paulsen wrote a book about things that had happened to him and others to show that they could have. At times the book is funny, at others it is disgusting but always interesting. I would like to quote what he said at the end of the book because it is so important that we do this: "To learn, to be willing to learn how a thing works, to understand an animal in nature, or how to write a book, or run a dog team or sail a boat, to always keep learning is truly wonderful." And yes to keep keep learning is truly wonderful.

There seems to be a river of rage just below the surface in moose that has no basis in logic, or at least any logic that I can see.

this is a great sentence. and a great story that inspires this quote. montambo told me to read this, so i did. it is filling the "nonfiction" slot in my 10-work annotated bibliography assignment. this book is full of wonderful survival stories that illustrate the importance of staying out of the wilderness if you are unprepared for its hazards. this is my other favorite quote: ... soon the plane was filled with small white feathers and flying dogs and swear words and blood.

i am not even going to explain that one to you, because it had me laughing out loud and i think it's very important to read it for oneself. i'm still giggling a little. in closing, if you are leaving your house, i don't care if you are only going out for some juice, BRING MATCHES. seriously, do it.

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I loved the Hatchet series (we read Hatchet in my 4th grade class), and I deeply appreciated these autobiographical sketches of the stories from Paulsen's life that relate to Brian's experiences there. Paulsen is a remarkable man and author, and his stories of growing up in Minnesota, and traveling and living in Alaska and other wilderness areas are incredible.

For fans of "survival" and "wilderness" literature.