Rating

★★★★☆

Category

non-fiction

Read

2010-03-14

Pages

203

Rather than a recounting of the history, Krakauer weaves a lot of ‘why’ discussion into this book which I enjoyed. Like Krakauer I see elements of myself in McCandles, and am fascinated by his character.

See the movie first - it’s a better story, but then read this for discussion.