Into the Wild is one of the first non-fiction novels about a subject that I was unfamiliar with that really interested me. It follows the "big adventure" of Christopher McCandless's adventure to live in the wild of Alaska. After four months after entering into the wild, he was found dead in 1992 by starvation in an abandoned bus. I have read several music and film non-fictions/biographies, most of which I thoroughly enjoyed, but I can partly blame the enjoyment on my enthusiasm for the subject. Into the Wild is an outdoors book at first glance, and I do enjoy the outdoors, but would not usually seek out on my own. After reading, I realized that it was not at all about the technical or literal aspects of being outdoors, but rather why McCandless loved being on his own, depending on essentially nothing material.
Chris McCandless in the Alaskan wild
