Into the wild
Title
:
Into the wild
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jon. Krakauer
Summary
:
A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent experience. His emaciated corpse was discovered four months later.
Year Published
:
1996
Physical Description
:
xi, 207 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Personal Subject
:
McCandless, Christopher Johnson, 1968-1992.
Subject
:
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
Wayfaring life -- Alaska.
Wayfaring life -- West (U.S.)
Hitchhiking -- Alaska.
Hitchhiking -- West (U.S.)
Geographic Term
:
Alaska -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Genre
:
Biographies.
Summary
:
A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent experience. His emaciated corpse was discovered four months later.
ISBN
:
9780385486804
9780307387172
9780679428503
Publisher
:
New York, New York : Villard Books, [1996]
New York, New York : Anchor Books, [1997]
New York : Anchor Books, [2007]
©1996
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Stratford | F KRA | Book | 30577000007147 | Fiction |