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Biography & Memoir

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit - Michael Finkel

Name: The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Author: Michael Finkel

Story location: North Pond, Maine

Michael Finkel reconstructs the life of Christopher Knight, who vanished into the Maine woods and lived alone near North Pond for nearly three decades.

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Where is The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit set?: On BooksOnTheMap, this book is pinned to: North Pond, Maine.
What genre is this book?: This title is filed under: Biography & Memoir.
Who wrote The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit?: The author listed for this title on BooksOnTheMap is Michael Finkel.
Where can I listen to the audiobook of this book?: You can listen to this audiobook on Audiobooks.com, along with tens of thousands of other audiobooks.