Into the Wild, Volume 1

Jon Krakauer

Pan Books, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 205 pages

In April 1992 a twenty-four-year-old from the Washington, D.C., suburbs named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaska wilderness below Mt. McKinley with a small-caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Four months later, his emaciated corpse was found at his campsite by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

About the author

Jon Krakauer is a mountaineer and the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, (which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year and was made into a film starring Emile Hirsch and Kristen Stewart) Into Thin Air, Iceland, Under the Banner of Heaven and Where Men Win Glory. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Into the Wild, Volume 1; Into the Wild; Pan books. Non Fiction
• Author: Jon Krakauer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pan Books, 1998
• ISBN: 0330351699, 9780330351690
• Length: 205 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Survival; Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness; Social Science / Sociology / General; Sports & Recreation / Walking; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Road Travel; Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)