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Book Review of Into the Wild

Into the Wild
Into the Wild
Author: Jon Krakauer
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Travel
Book Type: Paperback
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From the front cover " In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness......he had given $25.000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car amd most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself..."