Into the wild
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New York : Villard Books, c1996.
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Book
Edition
1st ed.
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xi, 207 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
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Baldwin Memorial Library - Adult BiographyB MCCANDLESSOn Shelf
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Published
New York : Villard Books, c1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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MG
Level 8.1, 12 Points

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"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. 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 Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality."--,Amazon.com

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, J. (1996). Into the wild . Villard Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. 1996. Into the Wild. Villard Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild Villard Books, 1996.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild Villard Books, 1996.

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