The Hermit of Ravenswood

This is the true-life story of Mason A. Walton (1838-1917) who lived alone for 33 years in a primeval forest in Gloucester, Massachusetts studying the intelligence of animal life. He did, in fact, "talk to the animals," and was greatly admired by those who visited his log cabin to listen to his warm, touching stories about his intimate relationship with Cape Ann's wildlife. A Mark Twain look-alike and Thoreau-type naturalist, he played a small, but signficant, role in introducing the study of natural history into the American classroom.