Into the Wild

Award: 
Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
1 997
Press release title and URL: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/1997bestbook…
Award Win Active Date: 
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
2 845
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
Sort field for winners: 
Into the Wild
Winner Description: 
by Jon Krakauer. Anchor Books
Winner Blurb: 

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt.McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
Into the Wild
ISBN of the winning item: 
0385486804
What type of media is this winner?: 
Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 11:44
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 11:44
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD
Award Winner Category (start typing): 
Nonfiction