Into the Wild
Recommended by Holger Seim, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #3 in Alaska, Ranked #3 in Wanderlust — see more rankings.
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In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. 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, a party of moose hunters found his decomposed body. How... more
In April, 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. 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, a party of moose hunters found his decomposed body. How... more
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Rankings by Category
Into the Wild is ranked in the following categories:
- #64 in 11th Grade
- #64 in 16-Year-Old
- #36 in Adventure
- #18 in Author Biography
- #77 in Bibliography
- #25 in Biography
- #60 in Camping
- #54 in Documentaries
- #44 in Environment
- #46 in Environmental Studies
- #73 in Environmentalism
- #10 in Exploration
- #97 in Factual
- #9 in Hiking
- #16 in Journalism
- #39 in Meaning Of Life
- #40 in Mountaineering
- #62 in National Parks
- #14 in Nature
- #40 in Nonfiction
- #30 in Real Life
- #60 in Self Discovery
- #98 in Social
- #45 in St. Paul
- #18 in Survival
- #7 in Travel
- #6 in Travelogue
- #12 in True Stories
- #14 in True Story
- #42 in Walking
- #60 in Wildlife
- #77 in Writers
- #23 in Writing Skills
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