My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain

1959 • 213 pages

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A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

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3 primary books

#1 in Mountain

Mountain is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1901 with contributions by Jean Craighead George.

My Side of the Mountain
On the Far Side of the Mountain
Frightful's Mountain

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My edition is a paperback with an image of the boy and hawk, not just the bird.

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Loved it! I can't help but compare it to the hatchet because I read that first, but this predates it by decades. Both great in their own way.

January 18, 2012

I thought this a rather odd book, but in the end we all rather enjoyed it.

November 23, 2011