Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryadventureslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is sweeping, heavy and morally murky. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.
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- Jon Krakauer
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 284
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