Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.

"A boy who dreams of leaving civilization."

Credits

James B. ClarkDirector

Ted EcclesSam Gribley

Theodore BikelBando

Tudi WigginsMiss Turner

Paul HébertHunter