The Stranger In The Woods By Michael Finkel

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.

The stranger in the woods by michael finkel.

This expanded version will no doubt have the same mass appeal. 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. 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.

Michael finkel is the author of the stranger in the woods and true story which was adapted into a 2015 motion picture. Christopher knight lived for 27 years in the woods of maine with almost no human interaction surviving by pilfering food and supplies. The extraordinary story of the last true hermit started as a phenomenally popular magazine article in gq. Michael finkel s the stranger in the woods.

He has reported from more than 50 countries and written for national geographic gq rolling stone esquire vanity fair the atlantic and the new york times magazine.