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Item specifics

Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
ISBN
9780679428503
Book Title
Into the Wild
Item Length
8.3in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
1996
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Jon Krakauer
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science
Topic
Special Interest / Adventure, Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Product Information

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of h ow Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." --Entertainment Weekly McCandess 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. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world's attention. 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 interest 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 naiveté, 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. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
067942850x
ISBN-13
9780679428503
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038731216

Product Key Features

Book Title
Into the Wild
Author
Jon Krakauer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Special Interest / Adventure, Sociology / General, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Literary, Essays & Travelogues, Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ct9971.M35k73 1996
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 From the Trade Paperback edition., "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 From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
1996
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
95-020008
Dewey Decimal
917.9
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • Incredulous, tragic, riveting, true!

    I read this book, twice. I have purchased copies for each of my grandchildren to read when they are old enough to think critically about what happened here. This is my opinion of the book from which a motion picture was recently released: A riveting, almost incredulous but true story of a modern day, idealistically-driven, young man in the cut, mentally, of a Jack London or Henry Thoreau. But Chris McCandless, in my opinion, stood head-and-shoulders above either of these literary icons. Why? Because McCandless was not just mentally, but practically and pragmatically, so much more authentic than either London or Thoreau. He actually lived out his aesthetic calling completely and risked so much more than either London or Thoreau. That's probably the essence of his tragic story. ...

  • An Alaska Dream Gone Bad

    A well written and researched book about a young man who came to Alaska to live a dream. This book is unusual, it is about an adventure that went bad, real bad. This individual seemed to do everything wrong and paid the price with his life, slowly starving to death. This book should be read by everyone who wants to come to Alaska to live in the wild. Alaska is an unforgiving place, and underestimated by those who have never lived there. Includes comments from Alaskans and a similar foolish excursion of Krakauer's climb of the Devil's Thumb near Petersburg Alaska,( where he could have easily been killed crossing Baird Glacier, let alone climbing the " Thumb " which has killed many).

  • A bus, a young man, a legacy.

    Better than the movie, except for the lack of eddie vedders' pipes.

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  • Thank you

    Good price for a gently used item. Thanks!

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  • Best book you will ever own!

    This was a required reading in my college English class, normally I don't even read the assignments, but as soon as I read the first page I was hooked. I read this book in about 5 hours, straight through. I am going to be reading it a second time in the near future! A+