Into the Wild |  | Author: Jon Krakauer
Publisher: MacMillan
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1169 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
ISBN: 033038970X
EAN: 9780330389709
ASIN: 033038970X
Publication Date: February 1999
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Condition: Paperback. Moderate wear to cover. Some pages show wear. Some age browning to pages. Rubbing/creasing to cover due to shelf wear. Light wear to spine/page edges. Text remains in good condition.
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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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This is the haunting story of 22-year-old Chris McCandless, who walked into the Alaskan wilderness in the spring of 1992 and whose body--along with a camera with five rolls of film, an SOS note, and a cryptic diary written in the back pages of a book about edible plants--was found six months later by a hunter. Simultaneous hardcover release from Villard. 2 cassettes.
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 Absoultly Amazing July 2, 2008
This book was awsome. Chris McCandless is one of my true heroes and i was pleased to see this book came out after the small article about in in outdoor magazine. For anyone who like the movie, the book is 10 times better and more informative. i loved every minute i read of this book. GET IT.
Into the Wild July 2, 2008
Into the Wild Great Book! It helped to understand why a person would want to do this. Very interesting. Also didnt know about the rest of them...............
Provoking June 22, 2008
This story shares a tale about life and death--real life and real death. Make no mistake, you know how this ends. But it's not the ending--it's the journey. It's about the people left behind, and the effect one soul can have when paths cross on the street called life.
I read few non-fiction books like this. I recommend fewer. But I humbly request you read this one.
Listen, learn, and live what Into the Wild tells you. It'll change the way you look at life.
Wolfe
Excellent story with one irritating quirk. June 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved this story, and finished it in one sitting. How many of us ever dream of just dropping everything and going off, exploring nature and taking in the landscape around us, instead of the steady day to day rat race of life? I grew up into the area that Chris did, and can understand the pressures of competition, the hassle, and the need to just crawl inside yourself for awhile and be alone.
My only irritation with this story was the fact that the author cut in with his own. I see the author trying to compare his experiences in understanding Chris's thought process, but it was a deviation most distracting. It made things feel out of order and even took some of the punch out of the ending. I didn't feel the need of the authors interruptions and musings.
It makes you look inside yourself June 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first picked up this book because of all the hype around the movie. I had not seen the movie and decided that I really wanted to check out the book before hand. All I needed to do was read the author's notes in the front to know that I had to read it.
Jon Krakauer's words stopped me from putting it down until the book was finished. I enjoyed how the book was woven together for good and bad on Chris Mc Candless's relationships. It made me appreciate my own experiences with people and helped me to understand how our approach to life has influences on those around us. Even when relationships are brief the outcome can be life altering.
Into the Wild is a great read. I could not put it down and I was happy that I read the book before seeing the movie.
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