My side of the mountain

George, Jean Craighead 1919-2012 (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0142401110
ISBN: 9780142401118
Physical Description: print
177 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Edition: Puffin Modern Classics ed.
Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Puffin book."

Formatted Contents Note:

Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first man who was after me -- I learn to season my food -- How a door came to me -- Frightful learns her ABC's -- I find a real live man -- Autumn provides food and loneliness -- We all learn about Halloween -- I find out what to do with hunters -- Trouble begins -- I pile up wood and go on with winter -- I learn about birds and people -- I have a good look and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.