Into The Wild

In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhikes to Alaska and walks alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body is found by a moose hunter. How Chris McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

Jon Krakauer (April 12,1954) is an American writer, journalist, and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. In 2003, he ventured into the field of investigative journalism.

**Source**: [Jon Krakauer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Krakauer) on Wikipedia.