Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

nonfiction biography travel adventurous reflective sad medium-paced

240 pages | first published 1996

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Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning. --New York Times In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings...
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Moods

adventurous 83%
reflective 65%
sad 52%
emotional 44%
informative 39%
inspiring 26%
challenging 21%
dark 21%
mysterious 10%
tense 9%
hopeful 6%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 29%
fast 11%

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