Sam Gribley is a 12-year-old boy who intensely dislikes living in his parents' cramped New York City apartment with his eight brothers and sisters. He decides to run away to his great-grandfather's abandoned farm in the Catskill Mountains to live in the wilderness.

My Side of the Mountain, written by Jean Craighead George in 1959, is a survivalist story about a boy who runs away from home to live in the Catskill Mountains, and he not only survives but thrives in the wilderness.

May 21, 2001 · Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own.

My Side of the Mountain is a fictional story of Sam Gribley’s survivalist adventure into the Catskill Mountains. It is narrated from Sam’s first-person point of view and relies on journal entries, notes, and drawings that Sam makes throughout his adventure.

Oct 23, 2000 · In My Side of the Mountain, a Newbery Honor Book, Sam leaves home to fend for himself in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. For a year he lives in a hollowed-out tree, befriending animals and depending on his wits for survival.

My Side of the Mountain: Directed by James B. Clark. With Ted Eccles, Theodore Bikel, Tudi Wiggins, Paul Hébert. As young Sam Gribley runs away he learns about nature.

My Side of the Mountain is a 1969 Panavision and Technicolor film adaptation of the 1959 novel of the same name, by Jean Craighead George. It was directed by James B. Clark.

Jan 1, 1988 · In 1959, Jean Craighead George published My Side of the Mountain . This coming-of-age story about a boy and his falcon went on to win a Newbery Honor, and for the past forty years has enthralled and entertained generations of would-be Sam Gribleys.

In My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George explores several themes: establishing a personal connection with the natural world, asserting one’s independence, surviving in difficult circumstances, young people’s search for adventure, and the balance between the need for solitude and the desire to find one’s place in society.

My Side of the Mountain is a beautifully written book by jean Craighead George that is about a teenage boy, Sam Gribley, who decides to run away from his home in New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains.