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Into the wild

Author: Jon Krakauer
Publisher: New York : Villard Books, ©1996.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. 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  Read more...
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Named Person: Christopher Johnson McCandless
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jon Krakauer
ISBN: 067942850X 9780679428503
OCLC Number: 32857731
Description: xi, 207 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Jon Krakauer.
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Abstract:

A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. 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.

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