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Into the Wild

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What’s it about?

A young idealist abandons his possessions and family to live off the land in Alaska, only to be found dead four months later. Jon Krakauer investigates the line between noble quest and tragic mistake.

You’ll learn

  • The cost of radical idealism
  • How solitude differs from freedom
  • Why the wild is unforgiving
  • The psychology of extreme risk-taking