Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into
the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of
Heaven, Where Men Win Glory, Three Cups of
Deceit, and Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a
College Town, among others. He is also the editor of the
Modern Library Exploration series.
Philip Franklin is the narrator of several audiobooks,
including Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, The Only Way I Know by Cal
Ripken, Jr., and Sam Walton: Made in America by Sam
Walton.
"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
After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Four months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes found at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive, apparently stranded by an injury and slowly starving. They also reflect the posturing of a confused young man, raised in affluent Annandale, Va., who self-consciously adopted a Tolstoyan renunciation of wealth and return to nature. Krakauer, a contributing editor to Outside and Men's Journal, retraces McCandless's ill-fated antagonism toward his father, Walt, an eminent aerospace engineer. Krakauer also draws parallels to his own reckless youthful exploit in 1977 when he climbed Devils Thumb, a mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border, partly as a symbolic act of rebellion against his autocratic father. In a moving narrative, Krakauer probes the mystery of McCandless's death, which he attributes to logistical blunders and to accidental poisoning from eating toxic seed pods. Maps. 35,000 first printing; author tour. (Jan.)
"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
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