Carine McCandless has a memory of a scene that repeated itself when she and her big brother, Chris, were young children. Their father, Walt, successful in the aerospace industry, would come home from ...

In 1992, Boulder author Jon Krakauer’s editor at Outside magazine tossed him a curious news item about a young man named Chris McCandless, who apparently had starved to death after trying to survive ...

Carine McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless, who was the subject of “Into the Wild,” has written her own account of her late brother, “The Wild Truth: The Untold Story of Sibling Survival.” ...

The story of Chris McCandless, as told by Jon Krakauer in “Into the Wild,” has become an iconic and revered modern classic. Not only is Krakauer’s writing powerful and his investigations thorough, ...

When Christopher McCandless died in the wilds of Alaska, his story became famous all over the world. A new memoir by his sister Carine reveals... Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the ...

It's common knowledge that people come to Alaska as both seekers and flee-ers, often in combination. People are drawn to the state to escape family and societal pressures or personal failings, to ...

The whitewashing of Chris McCandless' life story started almost immediately after his 1992 death in the Alaskan bush. That's according to his younger sister, Carine McCandless, who had first hand ...

The inspiration for the movie “Into the Wild” went on his fateful journey to Alaska to escape a painful childhood, a new book reveals. Chris McCandless, who was portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the 2007 ...

Several years ago, I saw the movie “Into the Wild,” the story of Christopher McCandless who gave up almost all his possessions and walked into the wilds of Alaska, where he died a few months later.

Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory, ...

It's common knowledge that people come to Alaska as both seekers and flee-ers, often in combination. People are drawn to the state to escape family and societal pressures or personal failings, to ...