Into the Wild

Librarian s Note An alternate cover edition can be found hereIn 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 Four months later, a party of moose hunters found his decomposed body How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.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 In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash 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 Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw away the maps Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Read Into the Wild – kino-fada.fr This book is a wonderful cautionary tale I will probably read it again with my daughter when she is old enough to discuss it Unfortunately, I m afraid the reason most people will read the book and see the new upcoming movie, is for a different reason Chris McCandless in the book, and from what I understand in the movie , is a hero and courageous for flying in the face of everything he grew up with to find a better way A young man unhappy with the materialism, hunger, and waste in the world This book is a wonderful cautionary tale I will probably read it again with my daughter when she is old enough to discuss it Unfortunately, I m afraid the reason most people will read the book and see the new upcoming movie, is for a different reason Chris McCandless in the book, and from what I understand in the movie , is a hero and courageous for flying in the face of everything he grew up with to find a better way A young man unhappy with the materialism, hunger, and waste in the world angry with his father for not being a perfect father to him intellectually superior, a fantastic athlete in top condition and yet a young man who died because of his own decisions and his own actions He cut off ties to his family, hitchhiked and worked his way to Alaska, headed into the wild in April 1992, and was found dead in August 1992 most probably from starvation How wonderful to fight against the odds and ask real questions Unfortunately, Chris didn t really fight against any odds, he took th...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here 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.A small part of me appreciates the effort Krakauer put into researching this book 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.A small part of me appreciates the effort Krakauer put into researching this book A much bigger part of me is completely disgusted both with McCandless himself and with Krakauer s mindles...I live a life, I suspect, that is much like yours Wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, go to bed At the end of this weekly desert, there might be a drink or ten to celebrate the victory over another five days of soul crushing drudgery.I am a desk jockey A paper pusher I mean that literally I sit in my office, and when people pe...Overall, I was pretty disappointed with this book The genesis of the book was an in depth magazine article, and I suspect that the article was superb But I just don t think there s enough here to warrant an entire book As evidence, I point to several lengthy chapters that have nothing to do with the underlying story they discuss other people who have gone into the wild and, surprisingly, Krakauer includes a whole chapter about himself.My other problem is that I found myself unab...I love Jon Krakauer I didn t find one single thing about the Alex McCandless even remotely interesting He came across as a spoiled brat with no concept of reality basically because of his priveleged upbringing But somehow, he blamed his parents for that void of myopic self absorption I live in Alaska and I ve lived in Idaho and Colorado and Oregonbasically AROUND people who love the great outdoors I amcomfort...In 1992, roughly around the same time Chris McCandless was living out his final days in the Alaskan wilderness, I would have been enjoying the summer holidays before embarking on my final year at school, contemplating the big wide world and what I was going to do with the rest of my life It wasn t until watching Sean Penn s film in 2008 I would learn of Chris s story, a story that moved me, immensely.I always presumed Jon Krakauer s book would be some huge epic, but was surprised on finding out In 1992, roughly around the same time Chris ...We are all heroes to ourselves McCandless was, Krakauer is This doesn t vary All that varies is how we define heroism and how much, or how little, we are prepared to do to for that stance.In order to get people, usually young men, to sacrifice their lives we tell them of those that went before and tell them they were heroes who died for their countries, died for their principles, died even for their dreams Impractical dreams that are the province of the young And those who would be heroes n We are all heroes to ourselves McCandless was, Krakauer is This doesn t vary All that varies is how we define heroism and how much, or how little, we are prepared to do to for that stance.In order to get people, usually young men, to sacrifice their lives we tell them of those that went before and tell them they were heroes who died for their countries, died for their principles, died even for their dreams Impractical dreams that are the province of the young And those who would be heroes never concern themselves with the practical, that is far too mundane, it is for others to take care of those details McCandless dream of heroism was to survive entirely alone and entirely off the land at the ends of the earth It didn t include the practicality of learning about the wild foods he might forage in that area, or how he might survive in extreme weather conditions, or even exactly where his place of solit...This book got me riveted in the tragic story of Chris McCandless, a young man who left his family and friends, abandoned most of his material possessions, went to the Alaska wilderness and perished there The author does a great job of portraying McCandless complex personality through meticulous research based on interviews, letters and journal entries The writing is so engaging that although it is already clear from the beginning how McCandless story would end, I was hooked till the last page This book got me riveted in the tragic story of Chris McCandless, a young man who left his family and friends, abandoned most of his material possessions, went to the Alaska wilderness and perished there The author does a great job of portraying McCandless complex personality through meticulous research based on interviews, letters and journal entries The writing is so engaging that although it is already clear from the beginning ho...On the outside looking in, this seems like another case of arrogant human vs unassuming nature Nature usually wins that fight It did here and in a most tragic way And yet, in Into the Wild Jon Krakauer does an excellent job of muddying up the waters, so that they flow with the natural fluidity of life itself Was this kid so very unprepared Was this a foolhardy and unnecessary death easil...The article written by J Krakauer was totally enlarged to make this, an obsessive journalistic account of an obsession I am sure that the core of it is included in this 200 pg book somewhere the anecdote young incompetent kid dies out in the wilderness it should be short and sweet, however it is exhaustively stretched out obviously to capitalize on the popular story to include stories of the own writer himself as a kid conceited plus brief accounts by people who met the young mental The article written by J Krakauer was totally enlarged to make this, an obsessive journalistic account of an obsession I am sure that the core of it is included in this 200 pg book somewhere the anecdote young incompetent kid dies out in the wilderness it should be short and sweet, however it is exhaustively stretched out obviously to capitalize on the popular story to include stories of the own writer himself as a kid conceited plus brief accounts by people who...

• English
• 06 March 2018
Jon Krakauer
• Paperback
• 207 pages
• 0385486804
• Jon Krakauer
• Into the Wild