wilderness
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The Brown family and their life in the Alaskan wilderness were the subject of the reality TV show “Alaskan Bush People,” which ran on the Discovery Channel from 2014 to 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
"As a crime viewer, I've had enough of troubled, grizzled detectives in the wilderness battling their demons," he said.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“Tracker” is primarily set in the wilderness, making the move to California a fresh opportunity for the production to explore diverse landscapes for its backdrop.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Essential to a wilderness is its capacity to bewilder, and though certain of Church’s colleagues in the Hudson River group, notably Worthington Whittredge, brilliantly captured this dense, enfolding quality, Church seldom did.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
They also adapted “new” tactics for wilderness warfare to support their overall goal of taking over the homelands of the Indigenous peoples.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Wilderness Letter"
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