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...
"Terrifying...Eloquent...A heart-rending drama of human yearning."
--The New York Times--
"Compelling and tragic...Hard to put down."
--San Francisco Chronicle--
"It may be nonfiction but into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order."
--Entertainment Weekly--
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--Seattle Times--