Then a second crisis struck: heart disease. He told about it in 'Winterdance' (1994), a lovely and hilarious memoir for adults. Some years ago he dealt with his first midlife crisis by training a mob of huskies and running the deadly Iditarod - twice. One of the latter is Gary Paulsen, the much-honored survival-in-nature novelist for children and young adults.
$21įaced with oncoming mortality, most middle-aged men accept the prospect with what they call equanimity. PILGRIMAGE ON A STEEL RIDE A Memoir About Men and Motorcycles By Gary Paulsen Harcourt Brace.