Wayne Westerberg Grain elevator operator who befriends McCandless in north-central Montana in the fall of 1990. Ken Thompson, Gordon Samel, and Ferdie Swanson Moose hunters who happen upon the bus in which McCandless has died of starvation. Wilhelmina "Billie" McCandless Chris's mother and Walt's second wife, who works with Walt on various business ventures involving his radar systems. Married twice, Walt McCandless has a total of eight children. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's. Jon Krakauers Into the Wild examines true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who, in 1992, walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force.
Samuel Walter McCandless Chris's father, a NASA scientist and entrepreneur who develops advanced radar systems. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding-and not an ounce of sentimentality. Describes his own youthful assault on a notorious Alaskan peak to offer comparisons with and insights into McCandless's journey.Ĭarine McCandless Chris's younger sister and confidante. In April 1992, he drops off the young man on Alaska's Stampede Trail, giving McCandless his boots and advising him to reconsider his plan to live off the land. Jim Gallien Last person to see McCandless alive. After McCandless's death, Franz heeds the young man's advice to "hit the road" and live off the grid. Ronald Franz Eighty-year-old man who gives McCandless a ride from Salton City, California, to Grand Junction, Colorado. Estranged from her own son, Jan takes a special interest in McCandless.Ĭharlie Old man who lives outside Bullhead City, Arizona, and suggests that McCandless live in an empty RV of which Charlie is a caretaker. Jan Burres and Bob Itinerant couple who meets McCandless in the summer of 1990 when he is searching for edible berries alongside U.S. note on the rear door and perceive a rotting smell emanating from the bus.
Calls himself "Alexander Supertramp" or just "Alex."Īnchorage couple Pair who stumbles upon an abandoned bus along Alaska's Sushana River in August 1992. He spends two years testing his theory throughout the western United States before entering the wilds of Alaska unprepared and starving to death. Christopher Johnson McCandless Intelligent, idealistic young man who believes that life is best lived alone, in nature.
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