SuitabookSelf-reliance and material simplicity
Sam leaves an overcrowded home and applies memory, observation and learned skills to support himself in the Catskills.
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Jean Craighead George - Author
A resourceful teenager creates a solitary life in the Catskills, learning through observation, library research and practice. The story combines practical wilderness detail with an imaginative challenge to ordinary ideas about comfort and possessions.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA resourceful teenager creates a solitary life in the Catskills, learning through observation, library research and practice. The story combines practical wilderness detail with an imaginative challenge to ordinary ideas about comfort and possessions.
Sam leaves an overcrowded home and applies memory, observation and learned skills to support himself in the Catskills.
Sam catches or kills animals for food and clothing, fishes, and trains a falcon to catch small game.
Sam studies at a public library and learns about shelter, fire, food, wildlife, fishing and trapping through observation and experience.
Prepare for matter-of-fact scenes involving trapping, shooting, skinning and cooking animals, along with fishing and hunting.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: another book-specific source is still needed; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.