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Into the Wild by: Jon Krakauer List Price: $13.95 CD-Charts Price: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.98045 EAN: 9780307387172 ISBN: 0307387178 Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: August 21, 2007 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: August 21, 2007 Studio: Anchor Sales Rank: 187 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: 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.... Amazon.com: What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - ~Magnificent BookI found this book to be highly engrossing and quite frankly hard to put down, I stayed up till 3 a.m. reading it one night. I think everyone can take something away from this book after reading it which is really a true compliment. I have to wonder about the people who gave this book one star reviews and who call Chris stupid, naive and foolish. People like you have no problem with governments drafting young people for "their" wars only to killed for whatever the goverments cause was. Well Chris died for his own cause and I personally can't fault the man for that. Secondly, each of us in the end has a chance to live life the way they choose or at least how they will approach mentally and this was his choice. We must remember that we ... Read More: Rating:  - Not too GreatI was disappointed in this book. As others have said, it should have remained a magazine article because there really isn't enough substance, in my opinion, for a book. I think the main character was part immature (for a 24 year old man) and part crazy. I had some difficulty following the time-line. It was never real clear to me just exactly what this guy was searching for. Rating: - Great Story and the movie was good tooI loved the detailed pieces of the puzzle that Krakauer assembled. I did not particularly like his story "into thin air", but I loved "into the wild". I also liked the movie too. In the end, I thought Krakauer left a favorable testimonial to the kid. He rambled and lived as he wanted. He may not have meant to die, but he should not have had any regrets. Contrary to what many people tell me, I do not find this to be a sad or depressing story and I do not feel that he should be considered to have wasted his life. Rating: - A sad storyThis book left me feeling very sad, and my heart aches for his family. Many young people do foolish things like Alex did. Some survive (like the author), and some don't. I enjoyed the insight the author provided through his research. I thought he did a good job collecting information from people who had crossed paths with Alex. I still don't understand what compelled him to such an extreme lifestyle. Rating: - Chase von, guess they have this book two places on here....This is an amazing story that touches on every emotion contained within us all! I'm hard pressed to understand why this is only the second review but this is a story that will go down as one of the most powerful, enlightening, and heart wrenching ever told! Sean Penn has from what I have seen secured his place not only as one of the greatest actors to ever live, but also one of the greatest directors to ever live! I intend to own both the movie and the book and add them to my collection of books you just don't read once and movies you can always go back to when it becomes a necessary to be reminded of what truly matters. Lastly, I've seen the interviews and I take my hat off to the family for being so brave as to ... Read More: |
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