Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian.
He describes how he made his own bows and arrows, and takes readers on his first hunting trips, showing the wonder and solace of nature along with his.
In Guts , Gary tells the real stories behind the Brian books, the stories of the adventures that inspired him to write Brian Robeson\'s story: working as an emergency volunteer; the death that inspired the pilot\'s death in Hatchet ; plane crashes he has seen and near-misses of his own.
Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being kind to Brian