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  1. Nov 11, 2014 · Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory ...

  2. Jan 10, 2015 · Where McCandless wrote the single word "caribou" at No. 105, Krakauer reported that "On August 10, he (McCandless) saw a caribou but didn't get a shot off.'' The date is a guess based on the ...

  3. Nov 11, 2014 · Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory, then gave away the bulk of his money, burned the rest and severed all ties with his family. After tramping around the country for nearly two years, he headed into the Alaska wilderness in April 1992.

  4. Feb 15, 2023 · The film postulates, much like Jon Krakauer did in his early investigation for Outside, that McCandless had mistaken wild potato for wild sweet pea, which is poisonous. In his book, Jon Krakauer ...

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  5. Billie McCandless (mother) Christopher Johnson McCandless (/ məˈkændlɪs /; February 12, 1968 [1] – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym " Alexander Supertramp ", [2] was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of Into the Wild, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer ...

  6. Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer on Chris McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside. [2]

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  8. Christopher McCandless (born February 12, 1968, El Segundo, California, U.S.—found dead September 6, 1992, Stampede Trail, Alaska) was an American adventurer who died from starvation and possibly poisoning, at age 24, while camping alone on a remote trail in Alaska. His death made him a figure of controversy, admired by some as an idealist in ...

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