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Although McCandless's death was commonly greeted with
derision or apathy by Alaskans, who pointed to the arrogance
inherent in his ill-equipped and untutored attempt to
live off the land, Krakauer presented a sympathetic
portrait of the young man and his yearnings. He wrote
in the introduction to the book that in trying to understand
McCandless, "I inevitably came to reflect on other,
larger subjects as well: the grip wilderness has on
the American imagination, the allure high-risk activities
hold for young men of a certain mind, the complicated,
highly charged bond that exists between fathers and
sons."
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John Marshall for the anchorage daily news wrote, with
these compelling elements, it should not be surprising
that a profile of McCandless, written by Seattle writer
Jon Krakauer, prompted the largest outpouring of reader
mail in the history of Outside magazine. According to
him, it is not surprising that Krakauer's new book,
following an additional year of research on the trail
of "the enigma of Chris McCandless,'' is an utterly
enthralling read. Krakauer's "Into the Wild'' has
the pace of a thriller, but the soul of a poem, becoming
a haunting meditation on the nature of belief and the
allure of the wilderness
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