Krakauer's 1996 account of McCandless' life and death inspired both the 2007 award-winning film by Sean Penn and the album by Eddie Vedder of the same name The year was 1992. After having lived alone ...

Krakauer argues Christopher McCandless’s fatal Alaska journey followed a recurring American pattern of seeking meaning through self-imposed wilderness hardship, not simple stupidity or a death wish.

Chris McCandless is a cautionary tale. Chris McCandless was a rich kid who went off and died in the Alaskan wilderness because he was suicidal, spoiled, stupid or some combination of all three. His ...

To the editor: I’ll admit to mixed feelings about the Museum of the North restoring the bus in which Christopher McCandless took his final breath in 1992. Like it or not, his story is enmeshed in ...

The book's success led to a film adaptation by Sean Penn and an album by Eddie Vedder that solidified McCandless' legacy as a polarizing icon of modern adventuring The year was 1992. After having ...

The year was 1992. After having lived alone for months in an abandoned Fairbanks City Transit System bus along the Stampede Trail outside of Healy, Alaska, 24-year-old Chris McCandless was growing ...