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Into the wild / [electronic resource] Jon Krakauer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 1997.Edition: 1st Anchor Books edDescription: 207 p : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0385486804
  • 9780385486804
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 917.9804/5 20
  • B 20
LOC classification:
  • CT9971.M38 K73 1997
Online resources: Summary: 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. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.
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Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996.

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. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

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