In the summer of 1990 Alex Supertramp left his family,hitchhiked to Alaska and walked "into the wild." This book and motion picture tell the amazing story of an extremist Christopher McCandless. It is not the type of book I would usually read, but a friend recommended it, so I figured I'd give it a chance. I finished the book in two days. Jon Krakauer accurately pieced together this young mans story.
Chris graduated from Emory University and disappeared. He donated 25,000 dollars to charity, burned the rest of his money and abandoned his beloved Datsun to live freely in Alaska. On his journey Chris renamed himself Alex Supertramp, he lived off the kindness of others until he died. The book tells of his epic adventure, one that any thrill seeker would only dream of embarking on.
Many believe that Chris was simply a stubborn ignorant individual. They say it was his own fault for delving into the Alaskan unknown with no identity, no money, no map and no plans. They argue that he took a caribou for a moose which was in fact a flase accusation, he did kill a small moose for food. They say that Jack London fanatics always attempt the impossible and that the story of Alexander supertramp is not in any way unique, but the author of Into The Wild proves that the story is indeed unique.
Krakaur includes notes, journal entries and interviews with his family and those random people who for some reason decided to take him in. Alex touched may peoples lives and made may friends on his odessy. He captures the outdoors and releases it on paper, it's a tough book to put down full of peril and excitement. I would read it again in a heartbeat and recommend the book to anyone that has ever experienced "itchy feet." The tragic story grabs it's readers and pulls them in, spiraling into the disaster Alex met alone and in the wilderness. It is one of the best non fiction books I have ever read.
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I was really glad to see you read a nonfiction book. I have a copy of Into the Wild and will definitely put it on my list!
Sounds like an interesting book.. I think my brother read this book a long while back. He kept telling me how the guy should have brought a hatchet with him...but that's beside the point.
P.S. you have some spelling errors. You still have apples spelled wrong in your profile as well. Correct me if I am wrong...i wouldn't want to make any flase accusations.
hahahaha okay I will fix them just for you :-P It was an interesting book if you want you can borrow it. Christopher should have done a lot more to prepare for his trip, but if he had it wouldn't have been his great Alaskan odessy.
It sounds like you really liked the book, and I liked how you explained it in cronological order. I heard about the movie and I was intrested but never actually went out and watched it, let alone read the book. I think now I'll pick that one up too.
First of all I dont know how you finished the book in two days... My vacation was crazy and I finished my book this shop week... It sounds like the book is interesting but also has some boring parts to it. Hope you had a great vacation!
It onl;y took two days because I liked the book. I'm one of those people that if I enjoy a book I can't put it down...then I get upset when it's over hahaha!
Haha, i guess i can see how you can read it quicker if you are really interested. I also read mine over shop week because i had no time and kind of just totally forgot. But its great that you really liked the book. And, after reading your review it gives me a better idea of the book. :]
I'm not usually a huge fan of nonfiction, I'm definitely the type that likes to get lost into a book, which usually only occurs with fiction for me. But this book definitely seems like something you could get lost in. You explained it wonderfully.
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Thanks! I'm glad it helped you better picture the boook (Holly.)
Wow, I dont know what you were talking about when you commented on my blog...you can write a reveiw! You really get a good feel for the book from your reveiw, it's easy to tell you liked it alot! The book sounds damn interesting (for non fiction, anyway XP). Nice!
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