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He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his possessions, burned all of his possessions, burned all of his possessions, burned all In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. McKinley.
His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash.
Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the shadows, and the peril, adversity , and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, 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. 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.
He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his cash. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, 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 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 Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter.
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