A National Geographic Best Book of the Year National Bestseller Many people dream of escaping modern life.
By turns riveting and thought-provoking, The Stranger in the Woods gives us a deeply moving portrait of a man determined to live his own way..
Since returning to the world, he has faced unique challenges--and compelled us to reexamine our assumptions about what makes a good life.
A former alarm technician, he stealthily broke into nearby cottages for food, books, and supplies, taking only what he needed but sowing unease in a community plagued by his mysterious burglaries.
Drawing on extensive interviews with Knight himself, journalist Michael Finkel shows how Knight lived in a tent in a secluded encampment, developing ingenious ways to store provisions and stave off frostbite during the winters.
He would not have a conversation with another person for the next twenty-seven years.
Most will never act on it--but in 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight did just that when he left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods.
A National Geographic Best Book of the Year National Bestseller Many people dream of escaping modern life
