| Description |
271 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
In The Last American Man, Gilbert explores the true story of Eustace Conway, who left his comfortable suburban home at the age of seventeen to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last twenty years he has lived, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he trapped, and living off the land. A charismatic and romantic fgure, both brilliant and tormented, brave and contradictory, restless and ambitious, Conway has always seen himself as a "Man of Destiny" whose goal is to convince modern Americans to give up their materialistic lifestyles and return with him back to nature. Gilbert tells of Eustace's crusade and his extraordinary wilderness adventures, including his 2000-mile hike down the Appalachian Trail (surviving almost exclusively on what he could hunt and gather along the way) and his legendary journey across America on horseback." |
| Notes |
Reprint. First published United States : Viking, 2002 |
| Subject |
Conway, Eustace, 1961-
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Outdoor life -- United States.
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Wilderness survival -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0142002836 paperback |
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