Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer

I thought this non-fiction book was about a young man who gave up all his worldly possession to live alone in the wilderness of Alaska.  In fact, the movie tie-in edition suggests as much.  That's a little misleading.  It's true that the protagonist was a modern day tramp who did not care for material possessions, but he had no plan to live permanently off the land (at least not in Alaska).  It was more of an extended camping trip.  However, this is about the only quibble I have about the book.  There's a reason why Jon Krakauer is one of the bestselling non-fiction authors out there, and his great success started with this book.  The story in his hands in gripping and fascinating.  Like Under the Banner of Heaven, and Into Thin Air, this book stayed with me long after I finished reading it.
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