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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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Great book - I could barely bring myself to put it down! This is the tragic story of one young man's "hubris", "naivite", "awe", of the natural world that led to his ultimate downfall. I haven't seen the recent movie but I would find it hard believe that it could in any way do justice to the book.