Into the wild
Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Adventurers and explorers
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
This book, which grew from an article the author wrote for Outside magazine, discusses a fatal trek by a young man named Chris McCandless. After graduating from college in 1990, McCandless abandoned his car, gave away his money, and cut… off contact with his family. Exactly 112 days after he wandered into the Alaskan wild, McCandless was found dead of starvation. The author looks to himself and other adventurers for an explanation. Bestseller. 1996.