Jon Krakauer
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Born
in Brookline, Massachusetts, The United States
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Into the Wild
229 editions
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1996
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
233 editions
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1997
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
70 editions
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2003
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
29 editions
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2015
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
53 editions
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published
2009
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
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1990
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Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
14 editions
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published
2011
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Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
15 editions
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2018
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Iceland: Land of the Sagas
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7 editions
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1990
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
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“make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
Polls
December 2022 New School Classic Poll
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 1988, 623 pages
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, 1996, 208 pages
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, 1992, 438 pages
Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry, 1961, 192 pages
Murphy by Samuel Beckett, 1938, 192 pages
Rhinoceros in Rhinoceros / The Chairs / The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco, 1962, 224 pages
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