Into the Wild
In April 1992 a 24-year-old from the Washington, D.C., suburbs named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaska wilderness below Mt. McKinley with a small-caliber rifle and a 10-pound bag of rice. Four months later, his emaciated corpse was found at his campsite by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of "Into the Wild...show more
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My feelings on this book are still complicated months after having read it. Part of me wants to judge this young man's hubris, but a bigger part of me is a mom and can only see this kid as someone's spirited son.
First of all, I have never considered myself a fan of non-fiction. I was a little worried that this would be a bit of a snoozer and that I would have a hard time getting through it.
This was not true!!
I was a little put off when the author decided to come right out on page one of the Author's Note and gave a nice little summary that Christopher McCandless had died. SPOILER ALERT! Or not. Apparently everyone and their grandmother knew what happen...read more
This was not true!!
I was a little put off when the author decided to come right out on page one of the Author's Note and gave a nice little summary that Christopher McCandless had died. SPOILER ALERT! Or not. Apparently everyone and their grandmother knew what happen...read more
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