Escaping a Life of Quiet Desperation: Walking in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau

Benjamin M Scribner was born and raised in New England, and attended Brewster Academy on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. At seventeen he enlisted in the United States Navy, trained as a Torpedo Man, and served ten years at various commands. Following his discharge, and for the next 25 years he earned his living as a long-haul trucker. Soon after September 11 th he reenlisted in the Naval Reserves, was deployed to the Persian Gulf, and served as a Seabee’s Equipment Operator. His Naval career ended with a Medical Discharge, subsequent to a year spent at the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. He currently divides his time between his mountaintop home in Idaho, and driving his big rig part-time throughout the Northwest and Canada.