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Author Finkel, Michael, author.

Title The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit / Michael Finkel.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
©2017
7 holds on first copy returned of 33 copies

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. KNIGHT, C.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  B KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY KNIGHT    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B KNIGHT CHRISTOPHER F    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 203 pages : map, illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary Documents the true story of a man who endured a hardscrabble, isolated existence in a tent in the Maine woods, never speaking with others and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins, for 27 years, in a portrait that illuminates the survival means he developed and the reasons behind his solitary life.
"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. 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 in winter, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store food and water, to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothes, 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 the why and how of his secluded life--as well as the challenges he has faced returning to the world. A riveting 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"--Publisher description.
Subject Knight, Christopher Thomas, 1965-
Hermits -- Maine -- Smithfield Region -- Biography.
Recluses -- Maine -- Smithfield Region -- Biography.
Thieves -- Maine -- Smithfield Region -- Biography.
Smithfield Region (Me.) -- Biography.
Survival -- Case studies.
Solitude -- Case studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Adventurers & Explorers.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Forests & Rainforests.
TRAVEL -- United States -- Northeast -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Hermits -- Maine -- Smithfield Region -- Biography.
Recluses -- Maine -- Smithfield Region -- Biography.
Survival -- Case studies.
Solitude -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Title Extraordinary story of the last true hermit
Other Form: Online version: Finkel, Michael. Stranger in the woods. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017 9781101875698 (DLC) 2016037679
ISBN 9781101875681 (hardcover)
1101875682 (hardcover)
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