Alone in the Wilderness: One ManÕs Survival in the Forests and Nature of Maine as a Wild Man of America (Hardcover)In 1913 Joseph Knowles, a professional illustrator, set out into the wilderness of Maine to begin a two month survival experiment this book is his story, inclusive of his original illustrations. Commissioned by the Boston Post to venture into the woodlands, Joseph Knowles was far from your typical survivalist. Middle aged and quite portly, he was a newspaperman rapidly going to seed. However, a will to escape what he termed the 'sham side of modern