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We're told he was brilliant, independent, funny, kind, musical, athletic, visionary, talented. Krakauer pulls out all the stops to make McCandless look like a phenomenon, and seems to agree with McCandless that the world should have handed itself to him on a silver salver because he was just so darned special. A much bigger part of me is completely disgusted both with McCandless himself and with Krakauer's mindless adoration of him. Krakauer pulls out all the stops to make McCandless look like a phenomenon, and seems to agree with McCandless that the world should have handed itself My grandfather-not an Alaskan but an experienced outdoorsman-would have tied this kid to a tree and let the bears play tetherball with him.Ī small part of me appreciates the effort Krakauer put into researching this book. A small part of me appreciates the effort Krakauer put into researching this book. My grandfather-not an Alaskan but an experienced outdoorsman-would have tied this kid to a tree and let the bears play tetherball with him. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.more Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw away the maps.

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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.

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In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. 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.

How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild. Four months later, a party of moose hunters found his decomposed body. 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. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt.

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 inve Librarian's Note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover edition can be found here In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt.