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　　Amazon.com Review
　　"God, he was a smart kid..." So why did Christopher McCandlesstrade a bright future--a college education, material comfort,uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandonedbus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that JonKrakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer thequestion with certainty, Into the Wild does shed considerable lightalong the way. Not only about McCandless's "Alaskan odyssey," butalso the forces that drive people to drop out of society and testthemselves in other ways. Krakauer quotes Wallace Stegner's writingon a young man who similarly disappeared in the Utah desert in the1930s: "At 18, in a dream, he saw himself ... wandering through theromantic waste places of the world. No man with any of the juicesof boyhood in him has forgotten those dreams." Into the Wild showsthat McCandless, while extreme, was hardly unique; the author makesthe hermit into one of us, something McCandless himself could neverpull off. By book's end, McCandless isn't merely a newspaperclipping, but a sympathetic, oddly magnetic personality. Whether hewas "a courageous idealist, or a reckless idiot," you won't soonforget Christopher McCandless. --This text refers to the Paperbackedition.
　　From Publishers Weekly
　　After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, topstudent and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned hispossessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity andhitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Fourmonths later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notesfound at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive,apparently stranded by an injury and slowly starving. They alsoreflect the posturing of a confused young man, raised in affluentAnnandale, Va., who self-consciously adopted a Tolstoyanrenunciation of wealth and return to nature. Krakauer, acontributing editor to Outside and Men's Journal, retracesMcCandless's ill-fated antagonism toward his father, Walt, aneminent aerospace engineer. Krakauer also draws parallels to hisown reckless youthful exploit in 1977 when he climbed Devils Thumb,a mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border, partly as asymbolic act of rebellion against his autocratic father. In amoving narrative, Krakauer probes the mystery of McCandless'sdeath, which he attributes to logistical blunders and to accidentalpoisoning from eating toxic seed pods. Maps. 35,000 first printing;author tour.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refersto the Hardcover edition.

Amazon.com Review 
　　"God, he was a smart kid..." So why did Christopher McCandless
trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort,
uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned
bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon
Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the
question with certainty, Into the Wild does shed considerable light
along the way. Not only about McCandless's "Alaskan odyssey," but
also the forces that drive people to drop out of society and test
themselves in other ways. Krakauer quotes Wallace Stegner's writing
on a young man who similarly disappeared in the Utah desert in the
1930s: "At 18, in a dream, he saw himself ... wandering through the
romantic waste places of the world. No man with any of the juices
of boyhood in him has forgotten those dreams." Into the Wild shows
that McCandless, while extreme, was hardly unique; the author makes
the hermit into one of us, something McCandless himself could never
pull off. By book's end, McCandless isn't merely a newspaper
clipping, but a sympathetic, oddly magnetic personality. Whether he
was "a courageous idealist, or a reckless idiot," you won't soon
forget Christopher McCandless. --This text refers to the Paperback
edition. 
　　From Publishers Weekly 
　　After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top
student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his
possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and
hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Four
months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes
found at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive,
apparently stranded by an injury and slowly starving. They also
reflect the posturing of a confused young man, raised in affluent
Annandale, Va., who self-consciously adopted a Tolstoyan
renunciation of wealth and return to nature. Krakauer, a
contributing editor to Outside and Men's Journal, retraces
McCandless's ill-fated antagonism toward his father, Walt, an
eminent aerospace engineer. Krakauer also draws parallels to his
own reckless youthful exploit in 1977 when he climbed Devils Thumb,
a mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border, partly as a
symbolic act of rebellion against his autocratic father. In a
moving narrative, Krakauer probes the mystery of McCandless's
death, which he attributes to logistical blunders and to accidental
poisoning from eating toxic seed pods. Maps. 35,000 first printing;
author tour. 
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers
to the Hardcover edition. 
　　From Library Journal 
　　In April 1992, 23-year-old Chris McCandless hiked into the Alaska
bush to "live off the land." Four months later, hunters found his
emaciated corpse in an abandoned Fairbanks city bus, along with
five rolls of film, an SOS note, and a diary written in a field
guide to edible plants. Cut off from civilization, McCandless had
starved to death. The young man's gruesome demise made headlines
and haunted Outside magazine contributing editor Krakauer, who saw
"vague, unsettling parallels" between McCandless's life and his
own. Expanding on his 1993 Outside article, Krakauer traces
McCandless's last two years; after his graduation from Emory
University, McCandless abandoned his middle-class family, identity,
and possessions in favor of the life of "Alexander Supertramp,"
wandering the American West in search of "raw, transcendent
experience." In trying to understand McCandless's behavior and the
appeal that risky activities hold for young men, Krakauer examines
his own adventurous youth. However, he never satisfactorily answers
the question of whether McCandless was a noble, if misguided,
idealist or a reckless narcissist who brought pain to his family.
For popular outdoor and adventure collections. 
--Wilda Williams, "Library Journal" 
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers
to the Hardcover edition.

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内容简介

　　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. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter....

作者简介

　　Jon Krakauer is the author of Under the Banner of Heaven, Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air and is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

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　　In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked toAlaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley.His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of hispossessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a newlife for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was foundby a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettablestory of Into the Wild.
　　Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless hadroamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like thosemade by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Deserthe abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burnedall of his cash. He would give himself a new name, AlexanderSupertramp, and , unencumbered by money and belongings, he would befree to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that naturepresented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threwthe maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, hevanished into the wild.

From the Inside Flap 
　　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.
His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He 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. Four months later, his decomposed body was found
by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable
story of Into the Wild. 
　　Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had
roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those
made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert
he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned
all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander
Supertramp, and , unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be
free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature
presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw
the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he
vanished into the wild. 
　　Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he
reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life.
Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the
clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging
deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the
larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American
wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities
to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond
between fathers and sons. 
　　When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible
and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is
dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to
have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing
from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings
McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the
peril, adversity , and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young
man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of
sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour
de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling
blaze through every page.

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