Into the wild

fascinating story of a wilderness experience in Alaska: After graduating from
Emory University in Atlanta in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher
McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account
to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska, where he went to live in the wilderness.

Four months later, he turned up dead. His diary, letters and two notes found
at a remote campsite tell of his desperate effort to survive, apparently
stranded by an injury and slowly starving. (paperback)