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Into the Wild (eBook)
Short Description for Into the WildThe film tie-in edition of Jon Krakauer's classic account of a gifted young man who chose literally to walk away from his life.
Full description- Publisher: Pan Books
- Published: 06 July 2011
- Format: eBook 320 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Biography: General | True Stories | Geographical Discovery & Exploration | Miscellaneous Items | Travel Writing
- ISBN 13: 9780330469982 ISBN 10: 0330469983
- Sales rank: 803,194
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Full description for Into the Wild
By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature. 'An astonishingly gifted writer: his account of 'Alex Supertramp' is powerfully dramatic, eliciting sympathy for both the idealistic, anti-consumerist boy - and his parents' Guardian 'A compelling tale of tragic idealism' The Times

