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Into the Wild

by: Jon Krakauer

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780679428503
Edition: 1
ISBN: 067942850X
Item Dimensions: 2.4311.62
Label: Villard
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Villard
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: January 13, 1996
Publisher: Villard
Release Date: January 13, 1996
Studio: Villard

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In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent experience. His emaciated corpse was discovered four months later. Maps. NPR sponsorship.

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What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992.

Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life.

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