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Author:

Krakauer, Jon.

Title:

Into the wild / Jon Krakauer.

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

207 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

McCandless, Christopher Johnson,--1968-1992.
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.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996. "Now a major motion picture"--Cover.

Contents:

Acknowledgments. ch. 18. The Alaska interior -- ch. 2. The Stampede Trail -- ch. 3. Carthage -- ch. 4. Detrital wash -- ch. 5. Bullhead city -- ch. 6. Anza-Borrego -- ch. 7. Carthage -- ch. 8. Alaska -- ch. 9. Davis Gulch -- ch. 10. Fairbanks -- ch. 11. Chesapeake Beach -- ch. 12. Annandale -- ch. 13. Virginia Beach -- ch. 14. The Stikine Ice Cap -- ch. 15. The Stikine Ice Cap -- ch. 16. The Alaska interior -- ch. 17. The Stampede Tail -- ch. 18. The Stampede Tail -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

A portrait of Chris McCandless chronicles his decision to withdraw from society and adopt the persona of Alexander Supertramp, offering insight into his beliefs about the wilderness and his tragic death in the Alaskan wilderness.

ISBN:

0307387178 (pbk.)
9780307387172 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)165480015

LCCN:

2007279419

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