The Stranger In The Woods Michael Finkel Review

Stranger in the woods by michael finkel review a profound hermit.

The stranger in the woods michael finkel review.

The book is written well leaving you wanting more and more of the story when the chapters end. 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. 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. While scanning the news online finkel true story.

The stranger in the woods is ultimately a meditation on the pains of social. The chapters are short so that one can read briefly each night and still make significant headway in a few weeks. Read a q a with michael finkel about 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.

Not really the story of christopher knight living in solitude in the wilderness for 27 years is remarkable. Questions which really have no definitive answers. The extraordinary story of the last true hermit written by michael finkel poses some thought provoking questions. On a practical level michael finkel has written this biographical account excellently.

Murder memoir mea culpa 2005 came across the story of christopher knight.