The Stranger In The Woods By Michael Finkel

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The stranger in the woods by michael finkel.

For reasons knight himself never fully articulates he abandoned civilization for a hermit s life in his early twenties. The stranger in the woods. The stranger in the woods by journalist michael finkel is a 2017 nonfiction book about the north pond hermit who has lived in the maine wilderness alone for 27 years. It s campfire friendly and thermos ready easily drained in one warm rummy slug.

Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods. 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. As ever michael finkel s voice in this fresh new chronicle is clean clear lucid his attention fair and compassionate. The stranger in the woods is an altogether surprising page turner that helps us to see his twisted saint s essential sanity and in so doing to question our own lawrence weschler author of mr wilson s cabinet of wonder and waves passing in the night.

Many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it. According to michael finkel a great deal. Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods is the mesmerizing account of christopher knight s disappearance into maine s forests for 27 years. This expanded version will no doubt have the same mass appeal.

Finkel a journalist who lists camping and reading as two of his greatest pleasures and confides that he once got into trouble for deceptive reporting. The stranger in the woods is ultimately a meditation on the pains of social obligation and the longing toward retreat that resides in us all michael harris the globe and mail toronto michael finkel has done something magical with this profound book. Out of those trips plus a blizzard of research on the history motivations cultural influences neurology and sanity of hermits came the stranger in the woods in his fascinating story. Through letters and interviews the author learns about his origins survival tactics and burglary raids that made him a local legend.

The extraordinary story of the last true hermit started as a phenomenally popular magazine article in gq. A journalist s account of a massachusetts man who went deep into the maine woods to live a life of solitude and self sufficiency. The extraordinary story of the last true hermit hardcover deckle edge march 7 2017 by michael finkel author.