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Into the wild, Jon Krakauer

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Soon to be a major motion picture; directed by Sean Penn, starring Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, and Marcia Gay Harden. 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, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons
Language
eng
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  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 7:07:33
  • OverDrive Audiobook
  • Electronic resource
Isbn
9781415944899
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Into the wild
Title
Into the wild
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Jon Krakauer
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Language
eng
Summary
Soon to be a major motion picture; directed by Sean Penn, starring Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, and Marcia Gay Harden. 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, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons
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TEFOD
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Krakauer, Jon
Dewey number
  • 917.9804/5
  • B
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Literary text for sound recordings
biography
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PerformerNote
Read by Philip Franklin
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1898-1965
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Franklin, Philip
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  • McCandless, Christopher Johnson
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Wayfaring life
  • Wayfaring life
  • Hitchhiking
  • Hitchhiking
  • Alaska
  • West (U.S.)
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Into the wild, Jon Krakauer
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Publication
Note
  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 7:07:33
  • OverDrive Audiobook
  • Electronic resource
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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  • not applicable
  • unknown
Form of item
electronic
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not applicable
Isbn
9781415944899
Isbn Type
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
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unknown
System control number
  • (OCoLC)173397995
  • ocn173397995
  • OCoLC
  • 1/538579
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  • Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 102405 KB)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web
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not applicable
Tape width
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Label
Into the wild, Jon Krakauer
Link
Publication
Note
  • Downloadable audio file
  • Title from: Title details screen
  • Unabridged
  • Duration: 7:07:33
  • OverDrive Audiobook
  • Electronic resource
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Form of item
electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781415944899
Isbn Type
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
unknown
System control number
  • (OCoLC)173397995
  • ocn173397995
  • OCoLC
  • 1/538579
System details
  • Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 102405 KB)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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