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Into the wild is the story of christopher mccandless and his unique journey into the depths of the alaskan wilderness. His work also appears in smithsonian and national geographic. The bestselling author of into the wild, into thin air, and under the banner of heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young mans haunting journey. It is an expansion of a 9,000word article by krakauer on christopher mccandless titled death of an innocent, which appeared in the january 1993 issue of outside.
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