false 22929943 580578 441013 0307387178 9780307387172 338 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255613305m/441013.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/441013.Into_the_Wild 3.85 2025 Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him to the perilous heights of Everest, provides some answers by exploring the pull the outdoors, seductive yet often dangerous, has had on his own life.

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Mixed feelings about this book. Was it worth reading? Not sure, but I do know that it was the only thing at the convenience store next to O'Hare's Gate B7 that wasn't either written by Tom Clancy or about some ancient scandal involving the lineage of Jesus and the Holy Grail.

If anything, I'd recommend the soundtrack to the movie and watching the movie Winged Migration instead of reading this book. You'll have the same experience of vast natural space without having to wade through all of the misplaced angst and minute details about death by moldy tubers. Ok, I've made up my mind, don't bother with this book, there are so many to read and almost no time left for any of us.]]>