Into the wild biography
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The book &#;Into the Wild&#; is based on a true story of Christopher J McCandless, a well educated and able young man from a good family who chased after his dreams and ambitions.
After graduating from Emory University, Chris gave the balance of his education saving account to Oxfam and disappeared from society to live the life of a recluse and venture into territories where not many have dared. He gave up. of course, his family and friends in doing so.
The book tells the story from perfect strangers he met, his adolecence, his adventures and failures leading to his untimely passing. The book also gives you examples of other adventures that have similarities to Chris as well as the author who can relate to Chris&#;s passion for life.
It is a great book and a great story that will inspire.
Into the Wild was published in and spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list. It was written by Jon Krakauer (pictured above right) who wrote the original article on the sto
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Christopher McCandless Into The Wild
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This website is designed to give you a complete overview of Christopher McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) and the book/movie &#;Into The Wild&#; that followed his passing. It is a moving story about a young man chasing after his dream and ultimate Alaskan adventure.
For those of you unaware, Chris was a young man that traveled throughout North America living off the barest of essentials and in most cases, off the land. Unfortunately, he paid the ultimate price for this in the end and was found perished in an abandoned Fairbanks City bus on the Stampede Trail in Alaska. His name became famous after Jon Krakaeur wrote an award-winning book about his adventures which eventually became a world-famous movie by Sean Penn with an awesome soundtrack by Eddie Vedder.
After being exposed to this amazing story, I felt compelled to build this website. This website and my endeavors have connected me with the McCandless family. In August , B
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Into the Wild (book)
nonfiction book bygd Jon Krakauer
For the novel by Erin Hunter, see Into the Wild (novel).
Into the Wild is a non-fiction book written bygd Jon Krakauer. It fryst vatten an expansion of a 9,word article by Krakauer on Chris McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January issue of Outside.[2] The book was adapted to a film of the same name in , directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless. Into the Wild is an international bestseller that has been printed in 30 languages and editions and formats.[3] The book fryst vatten widely used as high school and college reading curriculum.[3]Into the Wild has been lauded by many reviewers, and in was listed bygd Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction works of the past quarter-century.[4]
Background
[edit]Further information: Christopher McCandless
Christopher Johnson McCandless grew up in suburban Annandale, Virginia. After graduating in May with