Last American Man, The by Elizabeth Gilbert

  A must read for Adventurists!, Posted on: April 12, 2012

Reviewed by: Sundeep

My expectation of the book from the description is 'a story of a guy who lived off the land'. But its not just it. The title explains more than the description. Its about the 'American man'. First of all, its a total distinct perspective of a real-american-man. American, to me, is a chubby guy with shorts, earphones plugged into his ears, rocking his head with the music, lot of extra fat on his body due to lot of junk food. I don't want to offend anyone, but its just my perspective. But this book gave a whole new look at so called the-American-man. I pity where the current America is heading to. This is the story of Eustace Conway. I just cant explain his character. He is so unpredictable, through out the book. First he is an Indian, leaving his house, living in a teepee, wearing buckskin "he builds, grows or kills" whatever he needs. And the next moment, he is an explorer and then a pioneer. At the end of everything he wants to be a farmer, wants to start a town on a thousand-acre Appalanchian Trail, which bought and named- "The Turtle Island". The is so inspiring and interested. One of my best reads. If you are, even a bit, adventuresome you should have to check this out for sure!!

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