Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory, ...
In 1990, adventurer Chris McCandless started a cross-country journey that led him deep into the Alaskan wilderness. He survived there for over 100 days, but died of starvation in an abandoned bus.