2: Writer JON KRAKAUER. JON KRAKAUER is a contributing editor for Oustide magazine, and the author of "Into the Wild" . "Into the Wild" tells the story of a young man's rash and tragic journey into the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher Johnson McCandless gave away all his money to charity, abandoned his car and possessions, hiked into the woods and within four months had starved to death.
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