Record Number |
894117 |
ISBN |
9781509877010 (paperback) |
Author |
Krakauer, Jon author. |
Title |
Into the wild / Jon Krakauer ; with an introduction by David Vann. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Picador Classic, 2018. |
©2015 |
Pagination etc. |
xxi, 215 pages : map ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Picador classics |
Contents note |
Originally published: New York : Villard Books, 1996. |
Summary Note |
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. Internationally bestselling author and mountaineer Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to discover the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature. |
Subject - Name |
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.) |
Alaska -- Biography |
West (U.S.) -- Biography |
Biographies. |
Added Author |
Vann, David author of introduction, etc. |
Shelf Location |
917.98 KRAK |