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Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling non-fiction books—Into the Wild; Into Thin Air; Under the Banner of Heaven; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman—as well as numerous magazine articles.
From the paranoid confines of a snowbound tent, to the thunderous, suffocating terror of a white-out on Mount McKinley, Krakauer writes of mountains from the memorable perspective of one who has himself struggled with solo madness to scale Alaska’s notorious Devils Thumb.
Oct 19, 1999 · 4.6 21,708 ratings. #1 Best Seller in Mountain Climbing. See all formats and editions. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray.
Jon Krakauer is the author of eight books and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Jon Krakauer has 45 books on Goodreads with 3488020 ratings. Jon Krakauer’s most popular book is Into the Wild.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. Krakauer's expedition was led by guide Rob Hall.
Jan 13, 1996 · Krakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.
Nov 11, 2014 · 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...
Sep 13, 2013 · In 1992, a young man headed into the Alaskan wilderness seeking a new way of life and perhaps an escape from the modern world. Four months later, emaciated and helpless, he died. This short, fatal...
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. https://www.facebook.com/jonkrakauer. ...more. Combine Editions. Jon Krakauer’s books. Average rating: 4.07 · 1,970,026 ratings · 76,740 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors. More books by Jon Krakauer…
