Jon krakauer into the wild book summary

nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer

For the novel by Erin Hunter, see Into the Wild (novel).

Into the Wild is a non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.

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It is 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 which has been printed in 30 languages and editions and formats.^[3] The book is widely used as high school and college reading curriculum.^[3]Into the Wild has been lauded by many reviewers, and in was listed by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction works of the past quarter-century.^[4]

Background

Further information: Christopher McCandless

Christopher Johnson McCandless grew up in suburban Annandale, Virginia.

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