The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

by Michael Finkel

Book Overview

A National Geographic Best Book of the Year National Bestseller Many people dream of escaping modern life. Most will never act on it--but in 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight did just that when he left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another person for the next twenty-seven years. Drawing on extensive interviews with Knight himself, journalist Michael Finkel shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101911530
• ISBN13: 9781101911532
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Story About A Man who Couldn’t Take Society

Interesting take on a homeless man who couldn’t live in the regular world.