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KRAKAUER, JON

INTO THE WILD Jon Krakauer. - 1st Anchor Books Trade pbk. ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 1997. - 207 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996.

Booklist starred, December 1995 Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 1998 Kirkus Starred, October 1995 Kliatt Starred, September 1997 New York Times, March 1996 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1997 Publisher's Weekly, November 1995 Wilson's Senior High School, November 1997

Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.

Adult Follett Library Resources

ISBN: 0385486804

LCCN: 96043566

Subjects--Personal Names:
McCandless, Christopher Johnson, 1968-1992.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Adventure and adventurers--United States.
Hitchhiking--Alaska.
Hitchhiking--West (U.S.)
Wayfaring life--Alaska.
Wayfaring life--West (U.S.)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Alaska--Description and travel.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

LC Class. No.: CT9971.M38 / K73 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 917.9804/5