TY - BOOK AU - Krakauer,Jon TI - Into the wild SN - 9780385486804 AV - CT9971.M38 K73 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Anchor Books KW - McCandless, Christopher Johnson, KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Wayfaring life KW - Alaska KW - West (U.S.) KW - Hitchhiking KW - Nonfiction KW - local KW - fast N1 - Originally published; New York : Villard, c1996 N2 - 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 ER -