2021/082: Into the Wild -- Jon Krakauer

2021/082: Into the Wild -- Jon Krakauer

...if he pitied himself in those last difficult hours—because he was so young, because he was alone, because his body had betrayed him and his will had let him down—it’s not apparent from the photograph. [p. 198]

In August 1992 24-year-old Chris McCandless, who'd donated his savings account to Oxfam and taken off into the wilds of Alaska, died in the wreckage of a disused bus. Into the Wild is an examination of his story, and the stories of other young men -- often inspired by writers such as Jack London -- who've been driven to escape modern life and retreat into an idealised wild state.( Read more... )