Bibliograph

Classic Krakauer, essays on wilderness and risk, by Jon Krakauer

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Classic Krakauer, essays on wilderness and risk, by Jon Krakauer

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Classic Krakauer

Oclc number

1090758078

Responsibility statement

by Jon Krakauer

Sub title

essays on wilderness and risk

Summary

"The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in magazines such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Rigorously researched and vividly written, marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop, these pieces are unified by the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth"--, Provided by publisher

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