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Into The Wild
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Chris McCandless intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992.
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Jon Krakauer, author
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Chris McCandless walked into the Alaskan wilderness with a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice.
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Jon Krakauer, author
Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi
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