A Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel

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.

A stranger in the woods michael finkel.

There are no trails. He lives in western montana. 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. 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.

Through letters and interviews the author learns about his origins survival tactics and burglary raids that made him a local legend. The stranger in the woods. Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods is the mesmerizing account of christopher knight s disappearance into maine s forests for 27 years. For reasons knight himself never fully articulates he abandoned civilization for a hermit s life in his early twenties.

Michael finkel is the author of true story. Murder memoir mea culpa which was adapted into a 2015 major motion picture. Finkel first published the story as the 2014 gq article the strange curious tale of the last true hermit and the book provides more interviews historical and scientific. 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.

Murder memoir mea culpa which was adapted into a 2015 major motion picture. The extraordinary story of the last true hermit by michael finkel hardcover 15 99 in stock. He has written for national geographic gq rolling stone esquire vanity fair the atlantic and the new york times magazine. According to michael finkel a great deal.

The stranger in the woods. He has written for national geographic gq rolling stone esquire vanity fair and the atlantic. He lives in western montana. Michael finkel is the author of true story.