BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 29, 2024
Donn Fendler was a 12-year-old boy who became famous for surviving a harrowing nine-day ordeal in 1939 when he got lost on Katahdin. His story of survival captivated the nation. After all of these years, there is a soon-to-be-released motion picture about Fendler, his family and his amazing and inspiring survival story. Ryan Cook, the producer, is emphatic that this movie is more than a story about a desperate youngster with remarkable resilience and determination, but is also about family love and the role that it, as well as spiritual faith, played in young Fendler’s survival. “Lost On a Mountain in Maine” will be released in theaters Friday.