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Biography Nature Memoir 1996

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Published in Spanish as Hacia Rutas Salvajes

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Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.

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It's an essay · a farewell that moves you

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  • you don't mind a good cry
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy

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