Into the Wild
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000UW50NK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 577 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jon Krakauer brings Chris McCandlesss uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows and illuminates it with meaning in this mesmerizing and heartbreaking tour de force.. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. McKinley. NonfictionLarge Print Edition* A New York Times BestsellerIn April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moo
By book's end, McCandless isn't merely a newspaper clipping, but a sympathetic, oddly magnetic personality. Krakauer quotes Wallace Stegner's writing on a young man who similarly disappeared in the Utah desert in the 1930s: "At 18, in a dream, he saw himself wandering through the romantic waste places of the world. . While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, Into the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. No man with any of the juices of boyhood in him has forgotten those dreams." Into the Wild shows that McCandless, while extreme, was hardly unique; the author makes the hermit into one of us, something McCandless h
Great Biography Kindle Customer This book gave a great insight of the path Chris McCandless's troubled life took.I watched the movie "Into The Wild" a few years back and have always been curious and saddened to think about Chris's journey. This book seemed to clear the story a bit. Sometimes I had a lump in my throat thinking that this is not a "character" in a made up story but a real life that seemed to yearn for a peace that only existed in his heart. Jon Krakauer does a great job of giving us a key hole view of "Alex's" life. The good times even when he had nothing. I personally feel like unfortunately Chris was a troubled individua. Certainly worth the read with some mild caveats Marla Burke There are a number of laudable things about this book. It's written in a very conversational tone. The writer has clearly kept researching and updating the information about what caused Chris McCandless' death. The sensitivity shown to the family both in the writing of the book and their involvement in learning about what happened along with the author. It describes this tragedy and its impact of the people who knew or had met Chris McCandless, very well. He debunked some of the rumors about McCandless in his update like the fact he had killed a moose and did know the difference between a moose and a cari. I like to stick to straight up fiction genres Normally, I like to stick to straight up fiction genres, and I always had this idea that nonfiction also meant non-interesting. However, Jon Krakauer's compelling novel "Into the Wild" quickly reversed that misconception. This is one of the easiest stories, in any genre that I've read, to get involved in, and I never once found myself bored with the book."Into the Wild" is the story of Christopher McCandless and his unique journey into the depths of the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer makes you really empathize with the troubled young protagonist, and does an excellent job balancing the narrative with his ow