Into the wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Illustrator: Margaret Davidson (maps)
Original language: English
Translated into Dutch by: Aad van der Mijn
Published (re-printed): June 2018
Publishers: Pan - Macmillan
ISBN13: 9781509877010
Prijs: € 11.99 (paperback)
Age: +/- 16 years and up
Jon Krakauer, American writer, journalist and mountaineer wrote the global bestseller Into the wild. It is the story of Chris McCandless, a just graduated, intelligent and idealistic boy, who leaves home to hike to the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Before he leaves, he gives his trust fund to charity and later on he leaves his car behind and burns the money in his wallet. He is determined to start a new life in which he is indepent and in charge of his future.
The author wrote the book to figure out how and where Chris's journey went and what his life was like before he left home. What moved Chris McCandless to leave everything behind, leave the life he had and knew? Jon Krakauer spoke extensively with the McCandless family and was given access to all of Chris' diaries, photo's and writings. He also tells in the book about the impressive but dangerous beauty of the Alaskan wild. He got to know it himself when he followed the journey of this special young man and spoke to the people that Chris got to know along the way.
The result is a fascinating, impressive and moving book that will stay on your mind for a long time. First published in 1996 and reprinted many times worldwide. Called a modern classic and a masterpiece, certainly a book that you don't want to put down before it ends.
