By Jean Craighead George
Original Publication 1959, 177 pages
Summary: Sam is a teenager living in a crowded apartment in New York with his parents and numerous siblings. He gets tired of the noise, air and crowdedness of the city. He tells his father he is running away to great-grandpa Gribleys farm on the Catskill Mountains to live off the land. He leaves with a pen-knife, a ball of wire, an axe, flint and steel and $40.
He hikes around the Catskill Range looking for his Great-Grandfather Gribley's farm, and eventually comes upon the ruins of the old farm, and a patch of ancient hemlocks nearby. He decides to dig out a home in one of the larger trees.
Throughout the next few months, Sam lives in the wilderness, having visitors, learning new skills, making friends with animals and avoiding law enforcement. It's labeled as a childrens story, but anybody with a yearning for primitive/wilderness living will enjoy the story.I've read the book over 10 times, and it's better every read.
5/5
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