The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit / Michael Finkel. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, New York : Vintage Books, [(c)2017.Description: 203 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101875681
- 1101875682
- 1101911530
- 9781101911532
- CT9991.S773 2017
- CT9991.K65.F499.S773 2017
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"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
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Many people dream of escaping modern life. Most will never act on it-but in 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight did just that when he left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another person for the next twenty-seven years. Drawing on extensive interviews with Knight himself, journalist Michael Finkel shows how Knight lived in a tent in a secluded encampment, developing ingenious ways to store provisions and stave off frostbite during the winters. A former alarm technician, he stealthily broke into nearby cottages for food, books, and supplies, taking only what he needed but sowing unease in a community plagued by his mysterious burglaries. Since returning to the world, he has faced unique challenges-and compelled us to reexamine our assumptions about what makes a good life. By turns riveting and thought-provoking, The Stranger in the Woods gives us a deeply moving portrait of a man determined to live his own way. Link to source of summary
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Michael Finkel is the author of True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, which was adapted into a 2015 major motion picture. He has written for National Geographic, GQ, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine. He lives in western Montana.
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