He's an interesting guy who went into the North Woods to live full time when deemed to be ill, and lived another 40 some years. His journal entries record how he gardens, fishes, builds, chops fire wood, and bakes cakes under 18th century conditions.
I read this book for my work. While this filled in a lot of gaps for me the second half of the book was so repetitive and not laid out well. I wish it would have been kept chronologically instead of seasonally. Made it hard to keep everything going on straight.