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 stranger in the woods finkel.
For reasons knight himself never fully articulates he abandoned civilization for a hermit s life in his early twenties.
But finkel jumped on a plane actually a series of planes on a series of trips from western montana to central maine.
Out of those trips plus a blizzard of research on the history motivations.
Many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it.
Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods is the mesmerizing account of christopher knight s disappearance into maine s forests for 27 years.
Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods.
About the stranger in the woods many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it.
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.
It s campfire friendly and thermos ready easily drained in one warm rummy slug.
This expanded version will no doubt have the same mass appeal.
The stranger in the woods.
The extraordinary story of the last true hermit you have my utmost respect.