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Now I walk into the wild
https://looneybooks79.blog/2025/01/18/into-the-wild/
Read this book as Book of the Month in @boekenclub_twist_and_tale chosen by @wyloeck
Chris McCandless graduates from high school in 1990 and leaves everything in his life behind. The money he received from his parents was donated to OXFAM, he never returned home to his parents and sister to say goodbye and all he took with him was his car, a Datsun from 1982, his guitar and a sense of adventure. His goal: to go live in Alaska, into the wild. Living off the land, without human interference! Chris finally made it in Alaska, after a road trip of about two years, and finds a ‘Fairbanks City Bus’ that was left behind in the wilderness where he sets up camp for a few months. But somehow Chris never leaves the bus and one day some hunters pass by it and find the body of the unfortunate adventurer.
Jon Krakauer, who wrote an article on McCandless after his body was found in the left behind bus in the Alaskan wilderness, tries to retrace McCandless’ steps across the United States during the two years he was on his road trip. Hopping trains, hitchhiking, walking the country... once his little Datsun gives up he has to rely on his own wit and cunning...
People who met McCandless start reacting to the article he wrote and wanted to talk about the boy. The way he touched their hearts, the way he roamed the States, worked his butt off for a few dollars renouncing his past life and the wealth his parents owned... Good advice is thrown into the wind and Chris sets his boundaries to where he allowed people in his life. But what happened to him? What killed him? Why did he die of starvation if he planned on living of the land and hunt? And how does McCandless life somehow shows parallels to that of Krakauer himself and to other pioneers that went before him?
Read this book as Book of the Month in @boekenclub_twist_and_tale chosen by @wyloeck
Chris McCandless graduates from high school in 1990 and leaves everything in his life behind. The money he received from his parents was donated to OXFAM, he never returned home to his parents and sister to say goodbye and all he took with him was his car, a Datsun from 1982, his guitar and a sense of adventure. His goal: to go live in Alaska, into the wild. Living off the land, without human interference! Chris finally made it in Alaska, after a road trip of about two years, and finds a ‘Fairbanks City Bus’ that was left behind in the wilderness where he sets up camp for a few months. But somehow Chris never leaves the bus and one day some hunters pass by it and find the body of the unfortunate adventurer.
Jon Krakauer, who wrote an article on McCandless after his body was found in the left behind bus in the Alaskan wilderness, tries to retrace McCandless’ steps across the United States during the two years he was on his road trip. Hopping trains, hitchhiking, walking the country... once his little Datsun gives up he has to rely on his own wit and cunning...
People who met McCandless start reacting to the article he wrote and wanted to talk about the boy. The way he touched their hearts, the way he roamed the States, worked his butt off for a few dollars renouncing his past life and the wealth his parents owned... Good advice is thrown into the wind and Chris sets his boundaries to where he allowed people in his life. But what happened to him? What killed him? Why did he die of starvation if he planned on living of the land and hunt? And how does McCandless life somehow shows parallels to that of Krakauer himself and to other pioneers that went before him?
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