The Stranger In The Woods By Michael Finkel

Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods is the mesmerizing account of christopher knight s disappearance into maine s forests for 27 years.

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 extraordinary story of the last true hermit. According to michael finkel a great deal. While scanning the news online finkel true story.

Murder memoir mea culpa 2005 came across the story of christopher knight. Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods. The extraordinary story of the last true hermit started as a phenomenally popular magazine article in gq. 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.

This expanded version will no doubt have the same mass appeal. The stranger in the woods. 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.

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. 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. Through letters and interviews the author learns about his origins survival tactics and burglary raids that made him a local legend. It s campfire friendly and thermos ready easily drained in one warm rummy slug.

Many people dream of escaping modern life but most will never act on it. 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. The stranger in the woods.