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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Krakauer's page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons. Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning. -- New York Times In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild . Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naivet , pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385486804
ISBN-13
9780385486804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
334592

Product Key Features

Book Title
Into the Wild
Author
Jon Krakauer
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ct9971.M38k73 1997
Reviews
"Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama of human yearning." -- New York Times "A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff." -- Washington Post "Compelling and tragic...Hard to put down." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Engrossing...with a telling eye for detail, Krakauer has captured the sad saga of a stubborn, idealistic young man." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." -- Entertainment Weekly, "Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama of human yearning." --New York Times "A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff." --Washington Post "Compelling and tragic...Hard to put down." --San Francisco Chronicle "Engrossing...with a telling eye for detail, Krakauer has captured the sad saga of a stubborn, idealistic young man." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." --Entertainment Weekly
Copyright Date
1996
Lccn
96-043566
Dewey Decimal
917.9
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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