Lost Trail
Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness
Down East Books · Print & ebook · December 16, 2011
Donn Fendler's harrowing story of being lost in the Maine wilderness when he was just twelve, was made famous by the perennial best-seller, Lost on a Mountain in Maine.
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- Who it’s for
- A firsthand account brings a harrowing Maine survival story into illustrated form.
- Themes
- Wilderness survival, Rescue, Isolation
- Genres
- Comics Biographies, Adventure & Explorers, Camping & Outdoors
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Donn Fendler's harrowing story of being lost in the Maine wilderness when he was just twelve, was made famous by the perennial best-seller, Lost on a Mountain in Maine. In Lost Trail, more than 70 years after the event, Donn tells the story of survival and rescue from his own perspective. Lost Trail is a masterfully illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of a twelve year old boyscout from a New York City suburb who climbs Maine,s mile-high Mt.
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Katahdin and in a sudden storm is separated from his friends and family. What follows is a nine-day adventure, in which Donn, lost and alone in the Maine wilderness with bugs, bears, and only a few berries to eat, struggles for survival.
Wilderness, Up Close
A firsthand account brings a harrowing Maine survival story into illustrated form.
Come here for
- A sustained wilderness adventure told from the survivor’s own perspective
- The particular peril of being twelve, lost, and alone
Expect
- A graphic novel about nine days in the Maine wilderness
- An account shared more than seventy years after the event
Where it sits
| Comics Biographies | 95% |
|---|---|
| Adventure & Explorers | 94% |
| Camping & Outdoors | 81% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Comics & Graphic Nonfiction
- Comics Biographies
- Authors
- Donn Fendler
- Publisher
- Down East Books
- Published
- December 16, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Wilderness survival · Rescue · Isolation
- Reading lane
- Comics & Graphic Nonfiction