Adventure and adventurers Alaska Biography Biography & Autobiography Biography: general Essays & Travelogues General Geographical discovery & exploration Hitchhiking Pacific Postwar period; 1945 to c 2000 Road Travel Social Science Sociology Survie en milieu sauvage Travel United States Wayfaring life West West (U.S.)
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: Aug 15, 2007
Description:
SUMMARY: Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people - a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story.