The Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel Review

This book tells the story of christopher knight who became known as the north pond hermit.

The stranger in the woods michael finkel review.

Questions which really have no definitive answers. Police officers had arrested knight for burglary but when they questioned him further they discovered that their suspect had been living alone in the wild for 27 years. Read a q a with michael finkel about the stranger in the woods. More important finkel finds a way in a brief 190 pages to bring us well beyond the mere facts of the case.

This incredible book the stranger in the woods. The book is written well leaving you wanting more and more of the story when the chapters end. On a practical level michael finkel has written this biographical account excellently. The stranger in the woods is ultimately a meditation on the pains of social.

Not really the story of christopher knight living in solitude in the wilderness for 27 years is remarkable. A journalist s account of a massachusetts man who went deep into the maine woods to live a life of solitude and self sufficiency. While scanning the news online finkel true story. Murder memoir mea culpa 2005 came across the story of christopher knight.

Well researched and compassionate the stranger in the woods is a thought provoking account that will make you thankful for your next hot meal and warm bed especially on a stormy bone chilling night.