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PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

ISBN-10110192490X

ISBN-139781101924907

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038911609

Product Key Features

TopicEcosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Adventurers & Explorers, General

Publication Year2017

Book TitleStranger in the Woods : the Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

LanguageEnglish

GenreNature, Travel, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMichael Finkel

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 In.

Item Length5.8 In.

Item Weight5.3 Oz

Item Width5.1 In.

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"[A] fascinating account of Knight's renunciation of humanity... [D]eeply compelling." -- Publishers Weekly, "Michael Finkel has done something magical with this profound book: He's written a gripping modern parable about how one man did the unthinkable, walked away from life as we know it to find a sort of happiness in isolation and silence. His investigation runs deep, summoning not only his surprising, poignant friendship with the book's protagonist, but also the human history of our own attempts to find meaning in a noisy world. In some sacred forest place the hermit waits for us: he is us. This book's promise is simple: If we're lucky enough to find him, we may find ourselves one step closer to perfection." --Michael Paterniti, bestselling author of The Telling Room and Driving Mr. Albert "I burned through this haunting tale in one rapt sitting. Chris Knight is an American original, a man who kept himself hidden from all other humans for more than a quarter of a century. Every life choice we make comes with a price, and Knight's can be tallied in moments of serenity and winters survived, or in break-ins and stolen propane tanks--the final calculus, astonishing, poignant, and vexing as it is, falls to us." --John Vaillant, bestselling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce "As ever, Michael Finkel's voice in this fresh new chronicle of his is clean, clear, even, lucid--his attention fair and compassionate. He helps us to see his twisted saint's essential sanity (and in so doing to question our own). The book's an altogether surprising page-turner in those terms, played for the highest stakes which turn out to involve neither the usual cheap thrills nor standard suspense clichs, but instead to revolve around questions of the ever-threatened attainment and achievement of a very odd sort of sovereign sanity." --Lawrence Weschler, author of Mr Wilson ' s Cabinet of Wonder and Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists "[A] fascinating account of Knight's renunciation of humanity... Deeply compelling." -- Publishers Weekly

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes5 vols.

Dewey Decimal974.1/22043092; B

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisMany 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. A New York Times bestseller In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty-year-old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even through brutal winters, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store edibles and water, and to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothing, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of his secluded life--why did he leave? what did he learn?--as well as the challenges he has faced since returning to the world. It is a gripping story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life, and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way, and succeeded.