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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, is an emotional story about solo travel and what it means to leave your family to discover, and even reinvent, yourself. In the book, Christopher Johnson McCandless goes on this vision quest, inspired by Jack London and John Muir, right after he graduates college.

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