Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Klein and Thompson usher in

Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift

the most unlikely hero emerges--Patch

and tradition is a stunning primer on the poetic works of the award-winning Kentucky writer

rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea

and freelance lawmen who carried a trigger-happy honor culture into a widening gyre

Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit Klein and Thompson usher inNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. "A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival." The Wall Street Journal In 1986, a shy and intelligent twenty year old named Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the forest. He