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Into the Wild

by Jon Krakauer · 1996

Travel · ranked #3 in category

A young man walks into the Alaskan wilderness and doesn't come back; a haunting study of an idealist.

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Category
Travel
First published
1996 · 1990s
Author
Jon Krakauer
Standing
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