Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. As a boy growing up in Northwest Indiana, David Scott spent every possible moment of his free time in the woods near his parents home. Despite being only a square mile or so, it set the stage for countless adventures and explorations. His connection to this small woods became more profound after finding an arrowhead on the edge of an adjoining field. He began learning primitive skills and survival techniques in an effort to gain a deeper understanding of the Natives who once lived there. When he was 13 years old, David wrote a story about running away to live in a remote log cabin in Northern Canada. Never believing such a thing would ever become a reality, he experienced this dream through a vivid imagination. In the following years both his skills and experience grew. He attended the standard and advanced survival courses held by world renowned survival and primitive skills expert, Tom Brown, worked with the Student Conservation Association to help reroute a trail in the backcountry of the Teton Mountains, hiked a great deal of Isle Royale National park and paddled the boundary waters. At the age of 19, David embarked on a year-long expedition to live in a log cabin 120 miles from the nearest town in the subarctic of Northern Manitoba. The story he had written just 5 years earlier became a reality. Following his year long adventure David became a public speaker sharing his story with groups of all ages and backgrounds. In 2005 David became a member of The Explorer's Club and in 2009 Eddie Bauer introduced the David Scott Parka, a recreation of the same parka he wore during his year long expedition. Today, David spends much of his free time woodworking, leather working and flint-knapping. While some of the small woods near his childhood home has been developed, much of it has been preserved and it remains a favorite hiking spot for David and his dogs.