Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler

If you (or your child) likes “Hatchet” or “My Side of the Mountain”, try this book. About the Book Donn Fendlers harrowing story of being lost in the Maine wilderness when he was just twelve, was made famous by the perennial best-seller.

What did bother me was the adult narrator’s pronunciation of “Bangor.” It’s “BANG-gore.” And I’ve always heard “Fendler” pronounced just how it looks “FEND-ler.” The narrator says “FIN-ler”. That is the whole vocabulary list you need to remember. Donn used the term “Christmas” for surprise rather than a swear word. “Reefer” is coat, “Dungarees” are blue jeans (the word my grandfather always used for them). Co, Somersworth, N.H., c1978, under title: Donn Fendler, lost on a mountain in Maine. Originally published by New Hampshire Pub. I listened this time waiting for words that would have affected my listen. A twelve-year-old describes his nine-day struggle to survive after being separated from his companions in the mountains of Maine in 1939. This event happened and the book published over eighty years ago - of course the language is different. I don’t understand the review that said the out of date language was a problem. Fendler used to visit Maine schoolrooms and talk to the children about his experiences and I’ve always wished I could have gone to one of those talks. If anything, I feel for this little boy more now that I’m an adult and more firmly understand what could have been. I read it first forty years ago and it hasn’t lost any of its magic since then. Most children in Maine schools have to read Lost on a Mountain in Maine - the story of Donn Fendler is very familiar here.

Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler