Introducing "Into the Wild"

"Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer is a biography about the adventure Chris McCandless took across the United States, and making his way all the way to Alaska from his hometown in Annandale, Virginia. The beginning of the story starts with the discovery of Chris's dead body in the abandoned bus in Alaska after his two year journey beginning in 1990 and ending in 1992. After surviving about 119 days in the Alaskan wilderness, Chris died from being poisoned by an outdated wild tomato seed. Chris was stocked with just 10 pounds of rice, a .22 rifle with some bullets, a camera, and some books. Investigators were able to track Chris's thoughts and what had happened in his journey because of the collection of journals he had been keeping throughout his trip.

 
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