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Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig)
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Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig)
Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig) -- Homes and haunts.
Recluses -- Scotland -- Lochaber -- Biography.
Highlands (Scotland) -- Biography.
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Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig)
Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig)
Smith, Ken (Hermit of Treig) -- Homes and haunts.
Recluses -- Scotland -- Lochaber -- Biography.
Highlands (Scotland) -- Biography.
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The
way
of the
hermit
:
my
incredible
40
years
living
in the
wilderness
/ Ken Smith with Will Millard.
by
Smith, Ken (
Hermit
of Treig)
Hanover Square Press, 2024.
Call #:
941.156092 S653w
Subjects
Smith, Ken (
Hermit
of Treig)
Smith, Ken (
Hermit
of Treig) -- Homes and haunts.
Recluses -- Scotland -- Lochaber -- Biography.
Highlands (Scotland) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781335454966 (pbk)
Description:
266 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : color ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
First published in 2023 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"'Subconsciously, I pressed myself into the loch's banks as that summer inched forward. We'd got off to a rocky beginning, but I started to see Treig in a different
way
. There was something about this land that told me just to hold on a while longer. It might've been just a whisper at the time, but I knew it was definitely worth heeding. I just knew that was it. This was the place.' Seventy-four-year-old Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. His home is a log cabin nestled near Loch Treig, known as 'the lonely loch,' where he lives off the land. He fishes for his supper, chops his own wood and even brews his own tipple. He is, in the truest sense of the word, a
hermit
. From his working-class origins in Derbyshire, Ken always sensed that there was more ot life than an empty nine to five. Then one day in 1974, an attack from a group of drunken men left him for dead. Determined to change his prospects, Ken quit his job and spent his formative
years
traveling in the Yukon. It was here, in the vast
wilderness
of northwestern Canada, that he honed his survival skills and grew closer to nature. Returning to Britain, he continued his nomadic lifestyle, wandering north and
living
in huts until he finally reached Loch Treig. Ken decided to lay his roots amongst the dense woodland and Highland air, and has lived there ever since. In The
Way
of the
Hermit
, Ken shares the remarkable story of his lfe for the very first time. Told with humor and compassion, his unique insights allow us to glimpse the awe and wonder of a life lived in nature and offer wisdom on how each of us can escape the pressures and stresses of modern life."--Publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Memoirs.
Other authors:
Millard, Will.
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