Michael finkel author of the true story of the stranger in the woods.
A stranger in the woods finkel.
This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of maine for 27 years making this dream a reality not out of anger at the world but simply because he preferred to live on his own.
About the stranger in the woods many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it.
But finkel jumped on a plane actually a series of planes on a series of trips from western montana to central maine.
This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of maine for twenty seven years making this dream a reality not out of anger at the world but simply because he preferred to live on his own.
A new york times bestseller.
Out of those trips plus a blizzard of research on the history motivations.
The stranger in the woods.
Many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it.
Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods.
It s campfire friendly and thermos ready easily drained in one warm rummy slug.
For reasons knight himself never fully articulates he abandoned civilization for a hermit s life in his early twenties.
This expanded version will no doubt have the same mass appeal.