My Side of the Mountain: Living Alone in the Woods
This book was written for all those children who dream about what it would be like to run away, who believe that it is possible to make it on their own in the wild.
With confidence in himself and strength of will he lives for an entire year alone in the woods, the dream of most teens.
My Side Of The Mountain
My sister and I tried out many of the techniques that Sam Gribley mentions in My Side of the Mountain. I remember trying to make a rabbit snare. We spent hours and days trying to find a path in the grass where rabbits run. When we couldn't find that we decided to just try making the snare in preparation for the day that we found the rabbit run.
Time went on. We tried out many of Sam's ideas. We learned a lot about the woods and fields near our home. We never actually stayed out over night. When we were tired, home always seemed the best place to find a bed and hot food but we always knew that someday we could run away like Sam Gribley in My Side of the Mountain.
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 01/01/2010)
"Sam must rely on his ingenuity and the resources of the great outdoors to survive."
Experience the Dream of Surviviing in the Wild
Do you have the skills to successfully run away? Could you make it on your own?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, I am very comfident in my survivla skills.
David says:
I can catch catfish all day long.I can shoot a buck and run a trout line.A country boy can survive.
Posted November 08, 2009
Groovyoldlady says:
Our whole family is training to be Search and Rescue workers, so we'd BETTER be able to survive in the wilds of Maine!!!
Posted November 07, 2009
lola says:
yes its an insult that you even ask me
Posted June 03, 2009
survivalbob says:
yes, i think i could survive in the wild because i have read all the books in the my side of the mountain series.i have also wathced the movie.also have read a bunch of other survival books and also visited a lot of survival websites. here are some of the websites: survivalschool.com, suvivaltopics.com, wildwoodsurvival.com naturalbushcraft.co.uk, outdoorlife.com. also m4040.com has something on survival, there are a lot of other interesting things on this website.
Posted May 22, 2009
It's doubtful!, I guess I will have to run away in wonderful books like My Side of the Mountain.
_Joan_ says:
I would be able to find vegetables in the wild, but I would have no idea how to get protein into my diet. And I certainly wouldn't know how to defend myself against other critters.
Posted December 30, 2009
OhMe says:
There was a time in my life when I was very confident about my survival skills but those days are long gone
Posted March 26, 2009
How would you rate My Side of the Mountain?
The best line ever:
Alone on the mountain, Sam learns about courage, danger, and the true meaning of companionship, and he captures it all in his journal.
It's Time to Reconnect with Nature
Join Sam Gribley in the Woods
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While reading about Sam Gribley and his experiences living in the woods you many start to feel the urge to get to know nature, hiking, fishing and camping the way Sam did. These are my recommendations for wintertime reading while preparing for a summer in the woods.
Reconnecting with My Side of the Mountain
- Post Magazine: Recreating 'My Side of the Mountain' - washingtonpost.com
- Author Jean Craighead George helped kids discover nature with her celebrated young adult novel "My Side of the Mountain," in which Sam Gribley runs away to live in the woods. In the year of its 50th anniversary, reporter Steve Hendrix sought to recreate Sam's experience with a trip to the
Jean Craighead George's official site
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- Jean Craighead George's official site
Jean Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.
Jean Craighead George on Wikipedia
Jean Craighead George (b. 2 July 1919 in Washington, D.C.) is an American author. She lives in Chappaqua, New York. Jean Craighead George
Jean Craighead George has written over one hundred popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While mostly writing children's fiction, she has also written at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.
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My Side of the Mountain Trilogy (My Side of the Mountain / On the Far Side of the Mountain / Frightful's Mountain) by Jean Craighead George
In 1959, Jean Craighead George published <i>My Side of the Mountain</i>. This coming-of-age story about a boy and his falcon went on to win a Newbery Honor, and for the past forty years has enthralled and entertained generations of would-be Sam Gribleys. The two books that followed--<i>On the Far Side of the Mountain</i> and <i>Frightful's Mountain</i>--were equally extraordinary. Now all three books are available in one deluxe yet affordable volume for vetera...0 points
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jean Craighead George
Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.0 points
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam's falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Sam leaves his home to search for Alice, hoping to find Frightful, too. But the trail to the far side of the mountain may lead Sam into great danger.<br /><br />"Surpasses t...0 points
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If you were to run away, where would you go?
Do you have a secret My Side of the Mountain Place that you escape to?
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- Groovyoldlady Groovyoldlady Nov 7, 2009 @ 5:54 am
- Some lovely woods with many berries and nuts and no blackflies or mosquitoes. ;)
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- ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen May 25, 2009 @ 5:18 pm
- Welcome to The Nature and the Outdoors Group
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- survivalbob survivalbob May 22, 2009 @ 8:41 pm
- i would like to go to the adirondacks or th catskill mountains or somewhere in the appalachians.
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- Jimmie Jimmie Apr 24, 2009 @ 9:48 pm
- This is one of my all time favorite books and one of the few that I've read more than once. I loved playing in the woods as a child, so this book feed right into my deepest fantasies!
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- OhMe OhMe Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:49 am
- Sounds like a wonderful book. Lensrolling to Kate Salley Palmer
About the Lensmaster of this Lens
Find out what I'm up to after I've left Sam Gribley and Frightful in My Side of the Mountain.-
Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher
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My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The unit studies I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation. I believe that each topic s...
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