Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
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Originally published: New York : Villard, c1996. Title page is for 1997 reprint; this book a 2007 reprint of 1997 book.