Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer (1996)In 1992 the body of Chris McCandless was found in a bus, on a remote trail in the Alaskan countryside. Walking away from family and friends, Chris had chosen to live in the wild taking with him only a ten pound bag of rice and was expecting to live off the land.
Jon Krakauer originally wrote an article on this 22 year old, but has expanded it into the events leading up to his death and looking at his own personal quest for adventure and solitude.
This book has recently been made into the movie directed by Sean Penn, I haven't seen it yet but look forward to viewing it at some stage.
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McCandless's story is tragic, but then so many people have benefited from hearing it...a couple of years of hitchhiking and camping made a story that now challenges thousands (millions?) of people to reexamine their lives
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