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My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead - My Side of the Mountain

I read this book at least once a year for probably 20 years now.

Holy crap, The Bluffs are beautiful.

• I live in the Catskills.
  
  
• I live near the original Woodstock, which is The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
  
  
• The Catskill Mountains were the backdrop of some of Americas first great artists including Frederic Church and Thomas Cole. In the words of Cole “Must I tell you that nether the Alps nor the Appenines, no, nor even Aetna itself, have dimmed, in my eyes, the beauty of our own Catskills? It seems to me that I look on American scenery, if it were possible, with increased pleasure. It has it’s own peculiar charm – a something not fond elsewhere. I am content with nature: would that I were with art!” 1841
  
  
• It is the birthplace of American fly fishing and home to the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum Filled with lakes, vast forests and deep valleys, the Caskils offers some of the world’s best trout fishing – and its location as the birthplace of American fly-fishing is celebrated at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum.
  
  
• Highest waterfalls in NYS
  
  
• The book, My Side of the Mountain is set near where I currently live.

I read My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George: http://www.amazon.com/Side-Mountain-Jean-Craighead-George/dp/0141312424

Funny how it worked out though, I actually didn't want to read it initially but my mother forced me to at age 9. It turned out better than expected that's for sure.

My Side of the Mountain

This sounds very similar to My Side of the Mountain , except the protagonist doesn't kill and eat the falcon.

My Side of the Mountain.