It’s a fascinating read with references from history, philosophy, and psychology that don’t bog down the intensity of the story, which reads like a novel. While the story is largely the reader’s voyeuristic look at how he survived, this book is really an interesting commentary on introversion at its most extreme and its effects on an individual, a family, and society. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. “At 20 years old, Chris Knight drove into the Maine woods as far as his gas tank would take him, got out, threw his keys on the center console, walked into the forest, and lived in solitude for the next 27 years. 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. 25.95 Michael Finkel is eating breakfast when a hermit jumps out of his. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a realitynot out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on. Todd Miller, Arcadia Books, Spring Green, WI Summer 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit By Michael Finkel 203 pp. This level of solitude would drive most people insane, but for Chris, it seems like an almost pure contemplative state. Chris defies psychological profiling, and it's amazing Finkel was even able to interview him to write this book. His story is told together with the history of hermits and those who have sought solitude in order to have insight. This book title, The Stranger in the Woods (The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit), ISBN: 9781101911532, by Michael Finkel, published by Knopf. Publisher : Books on Tape Language : ISBN-10 : 30687200. After more than 1,000 burglaries, he was finally caught and partially reintegrated into society. Download Book Here > The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit. “This is the fascinating true story of Christopher Knight, who lived in the Maine woods for 27 years and survived by stealing supplies from vacation cabins while living in extreme conditions to avoid detection.

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