Benjamin Hale -- "Cave Mountain"
Category: Literary
Date and Time
- Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026 6:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Benjamin Hale will speak about and sign his new book, "Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks," on Tuesday, June 2nd at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
This story begins in 2001 on top of Cave Mountain in the Arkansas Ozarks. A six-year-old girl named Haley—Benjamin Hale’s cousin—got lost on a mountain trail, prompting what was at the time the largest search and rescue mission in the state’s history. Her disappearance—and her account, after she was found, of the “imaginary friend” she met in the woods—would eventually become connected to another story that took place in the same wilderness more than twenty years earlier: a dark and bizarre story of a cult, brainwashing, murder, and the apocalyptic visions of a teenage prophet.
Enriched by Benjamin Hale’s own family history and the lore of the Arkansas Ozarks, "Cave Mountain" is a gripping story about nature and survival, religion and skepticism, and good and evil. At its center are two young girls, years apart, both in danger in the verdant wilds of northern Arkansas.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "Cave Mountain," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
