A Literary Journey: Into the Wild

I can't wait to read the novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. It is based on the true story of a man named Christopher McCandless who left everything he had and began a new life for himself. In 1990 after his college graduation Chris dropped out of sight. He abandoned his belongings, donated all of his savings to charity,burned the money in his wallet, and changed his name. Later he began hitchhiking; making his way to Alaska. After travelling on foot, hitchhiking and living in the wilderness of Alaska for 119 days, McCandless died of starvation. Krakauer goes into depth of the wanderer's story, expanding a 9,000 word article he had written after the discovery of McCandless's corpse.  I can feel that this will be a great read and I can't wait to get into the story!

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