Into The Wild

[rastabill89]

Has anyone ever read the book "into the wild" by Jon Krakauer? If you have not I recommend you read it. This book has to be My all time favorite book in the whole world and what makes it even more fascinating is its a true story.
heres a good description about it

From Publishers Weekly
After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness. Four months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes found at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive, apparently stranded by an injury and slowly starving. They also reflect the posturing of a confused young man, raised in affluent Annandale, Va., who self-consciously adopted a Tolstoyan renunciation of wealth and return to nature. Krakauer, a contributing editor to Outside and Men's Journal, retraces McCandless's ill-fated antagonism toward his father, Walt, an eminent aerospace engineer. Krakauer also draws parallels to his own reckless youthful exploit in 1977 when he climbed Devils Thumb, a mountain on the Alaska-British Columbia border, partly as a symbolic act of rebellion against his autocratic father. In a moving narrative, Krakauer probes the mystery of McCandless's death, which he attributes to logistical blunders and to accidental poisoning from eating toxic seed pods.

rastabill89 Reviewed by rastabill89 on 04-05-2006. Into The Wild Has anyone ever read the book "into the wild" by Jon Krakauer? If you have not I recommend you read it. This book has to be My all time favorite book in the whole world and what makes it even more fascinating is its a true story. heres a good description about it From Publishers Weekly After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Rating: 5

[Its a Plant]

Yah, I read it a couple years ago, and it was good, but nothing great. Basically that guy is plain nuts and tries to survive the wild when his chances are slim to none. Then he dies. The end. It's a decent book though.

[benagain]

Hmm, i may pick it up some time, but I prolly won't. The description didn't really get me excieted about reading it. But then again, I'm not a big reader. I is dumb.

[Its a Plant]

Honestly, there's nothing really special or surprising about it. If you're looking for some sort of surprise or bombshell, look elsewhere. It's pretty cut-and-dry.

[rastabill89]

dude how can you not think its a good book I fucking loved that book im going to read it again

and trust me man it takes ALOT to entertain me and to focus on a book is like imposible but when i read this book it had my full attention and it was entertaining

[Its a Plant]

Well I mean it did entertain me and all, but I guess I like my books to have some sort of surprise that you have to read to find out. With this book, everything is laid out on the back cover. They even tell you he dies. Come on, at least save his death for the last chapter or something. So all you have to do is read the back cover to get the jist of the book. It is a good read though if you're into nature or survival type books.

[rastabill89]

dont forget the part where he goes into his tent on the mountain and smokes some pot:thumbsup:

[Its a Plant]

Lol, how could I forget? That's the way I would have wanted to go out. At least he got a good blaze in the wilderness before he died.

[d00d989]

funny, i used that same book to wipe my ass about 12 minutes ago

[friendowl]

yeah i read that book