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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A true story expanded from Krakauer's article about a young man who starved to death in Denali National Park in Alaska. In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent experience. His emaciated corpse was discovered four months later.
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories of adventure by various authors about the Alaskan wilderness. Includes stroies by the following authors : Spike Walker, Larry Kaniet, Lew Freedman, Gary Paulsen, Jean Aspen, Ann Mariah Cook, Jack London, Roger A. Caras, Dana Stabenow, John Muir, Washington Irving, and many more.
Author
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This explosive, up-close view of Sarah Palin comes from an inner-circle confidant who shares surprising information about how Sarah dealt with staff and perceived "enemies," and the discrepancy between what she said and what she did.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace; and funerals are community affairs. As both obituary writer and social columnist for the local newspaper, Heather Lende knows better than anyone the goings-on in this breathtakingly beautiful place. Her offbeat chronicle brings us inside her busy...
16) The wild truth
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In April 1992, a young man named Chris McCandless walked into the Alaskan wilderness, where he survived for more than 100 days before perishing in an abandoned bus. For over twenty years his story has captivated millions, and yet only one person knew the truth behind his remarkable journey--until now. Through a tumultuous childhood, the McCandless siblings clung to each other amidst a chaotic home life, forming a lifelong bond and an unbreakable trust....
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Atz Kilcher grew up with a hard father in a hard land: Alaska. Learning to use new tools--honesty, vulnerability, forgiveness, acceptance--Atz reflects on his upbringing years later and learns that healing his spirit and forgiving himself is even harder than physical labor.
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