Wonder The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard

What Henry David Thoreau did for two years Anna and Harlan Hubbard did for forty Anna and Harlan lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so inspired thousands Wonder The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard a new documentary by Morgan Atkinson brings to life their adventures Harlan was an artist writer and naturalist born in northern Kentucky Anna a scholar and librarian from Grand Rapids MI They met in Cincinnati and began their life together in the mid1940s by building a boat then floating from Cincinnati to New Orleans Their voyage lasted five years They then settled on the banks of the Ohio River in rural Kentucky In a house they built by hand sustained by food they raised or caught aided by no electricity or modern convenience Anna and Harlan met the world on their own terms and found deep meaning Wonder considers their astonishing life of freedom and what it says to Americans today