Into the Wild

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is a non-fiction book that was published in 1996. It is about a man whose body was found in a deserted bus in the Alaskan area. Christopher McCandless, the man found in the bus, was hiking to the coast of Alaska surviving only on rice, meats from wild game, and plants around him. McCandless could not proceed and decided to camp in the abandoned bus. Later on near the month of July he decided to leave but discovered the only path was cut off by a river that melted that led to a hand powered tram. At the end of July, McCandless wrote in his journal that we was weak from a potato seed. Krakauer considered that McCandless ate a plant that is nourishing during the spring time but to course to eat later on through the season. When this occurred McCandless most likely ate the seed instead which is poisonous.

                The book sounds very interesting and I’m excited to start reading it with my fellow classmates. The book looks to be a good length and should not be too hard to read. I am fairly sure that we will start reading it on Monday, can’t wait till then! 

Sources:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(book)

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