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Non-Fiction · 2009 · PG-13

Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer

He gave everything away and walked into the Alaskan wilderness alone.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess 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. Not long after, he was dea

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Violence

Barely any

McCandless's death from starvation is the central tragedy; minimal physical violence

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Explores idealism, alienation, the psychology of risk-taking, and the fine line between freedom and recklessness

What this book is about

Jon Krakauer investigates the life and death of Christopher McCandless — a young man who, after graduating from college, gave his savings to charity, abandoned his car, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live off the land. A compelling, sympathetic portrait of a young idealist whose rejection of modern life ended in tragedy in the Denali wilderness.

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Death from starvation in wilderness

Themes of alienation and rejection of family ties

Psychological portrait of risk and idealism

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