I rated this 6/10
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...
A solid account of McCandless, an enigmatic young man, sometimes unbearably so, with a desire to separate himself from society by hiking to Alaska and disappearing into the wild. A lot of this story and the information we are given about the man and his travels seem to consist of educated guesses rather than solid fact, but it is intriguing nonetheless.
I read this very quickly and found it interesting, however, I actually preferred the film. The movie adaptation of this event filled in the gaps (which I understand are speculation, but it lends itself to greater entertainment) and is a lot more visual than the book - less about historic facts and subplots that go off on a bit of a tangent. Plus it stars Emile Hirsch!!!
Into The Wild is an inspiring account, but not quite as epic as I was expecting it to be.
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