Into the Wild (Unabridged)
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $24.99
Publisher 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...
"Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama wandering of human yearning."--The New York Times
"A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It's gripping stuff."--The Washington Post
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Journalist Jon Krakauer’s deeply researched account of the life and death of Christopher McCandless is utterly absorbing—part biography, part adventure story, and part psychological mystery. Intelligent and headstrong, McCandless cast aside his middle-class upbringing to travel across the United States before dying alone in the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer digs into a modern American enigma, unearthing the turmoil at the young man’s core. Narrator Philip Franklin reads McCandless’ idealistic journal entries with just the right sense of enthusiasm and trepidation, making us wonder what else was going through his mind during his solitary journeys. We binge-listened to Into the Wild, riveted by McCandless’ personal triumphs, anxious for his missteps, and heartbroken by his fate.
