{"product_id":"into-the-wild-9780385486804","title":"Into the Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of \u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImmediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naivet , pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eInto the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385486804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Garden State Teen Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/1997 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2007 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e25964 \/ Into the Wild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.1 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Krakauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636797239452,"sku":"9780385486804","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_74df80d6-2742-420c-8013-9cdb28b1e809.jpg?v=1603842996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/into-the-wild-9780385486804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}