The Last American Man is a rousing examination of contemporary American male identity by acclaimed author and journalist, Elizabeth Gilbert. It explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway, a man who, at the age of seventeen, left his family's comfortable suburban home to live in the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains.

For more than two decades, Conway has lived there, making fire with sticks, wearing skins from animals he has trapped, and trying to convince Americans to give up their materialistic lifestyles and return with him back to nature. His mythical character challenges all our assumptions about what it is to be a modern man in America; he is a symbol of much we feel how our men should be, but rarely are.

Conway's adventures include traveling the Mississippi in a handmade wooden canoe, walking the two-thousand-mile Appalachian Trail, hiking across the German Alps, and even riding his horse across America. He resides in a thousand-acre forest where he teaches survival skills and attempts to instill in people a deeper appreciation of nature.

Elizabeth Gilbert delivers this intimate portrait of an endlessly complicated man with her trademark wit and spirit. The Last American Man is an unforgettable adventure story of an irrepressible life lived to the extreme.