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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
By Finkel, Michael
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Starred Review on May 15, 2017 | Audio
When Christopher Knight was 20 years old, he quit his job, drove into rural Maine, left his car on the side of the road, and simply walked into the woods. That was 1986. In 2013, after 27 years of living as a hermit, he was arrested while breaking into a building to get food. Finkel (True Story: Murder, Memoir, and Mea Culpa) covers Knight's nearly three decades of living entirely outdoors in the Maine woods. To survive, Knight broke into nearby cabins more than 1,000 ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
