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Into the Wild (book)

Index Into the Wild (book)

Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. [1]

42 relations: Alaska, Alkaloid, Annandale, Virginia, Carthage, South Dakota, Chris McCandless, Desert, Devils Thumb, Eiger Dreams, Emile Hirsch, Emory University, Eskimo potato, Everett Ruess, Flash flood, Game (hunting), Grain elevator, Hal Holbrook, Hedysarum alpinum, Hedysarum boreale, Henry David Thoreau, Into the Wild (film), Into Thin Air, Jack London, Jon Krakauer, Locoweed, Moose, Out of the Wild, Outside (magazine), Oxfam, Remington Nylon 66, Rhizoctonia leguminicola, Ron Lamothe, Sean Penn, Stampede Trail, Starvation, Swainsonine, The Call of the Wild (2007 film), Transcendentalism, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Utah, Villard (imprint), W. H. Davies, Western United States.

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alkaloid

Alkaloids are a class of naturally occurring chemical compounds that mostly contain basic nitrogen atoms.

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Annandale, Virginia

Annandale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia.

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Carthage, South Dakota

Carthage is a city in Miner County, South Dakota, United States.

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Chris McCandless

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – c. August 1992) was an American hiker and itinerant traveler, who also went by the name "Alexander Supertramp".

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Desert

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

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Devils Thumb

Devils Thumb, or Taalkhunaxhkʼu Shaa in Tlingit, is a mountain in the Stikine Icecap region of the Alaska–British Columbia border, near Petersburg.

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Eiger Dreams

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains is a non-fiction collection of articles and essays by Jon Krakauer on mountaineering and rock climbing.

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Emile Hirsch

Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor.

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Emory University

Emory University is a private research university in the Druid Hills neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Eskimo potato

The Eskimo potato is a type of edible plant that grows in the northern areas of Canada and Alaska.

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Everett Ruess

Everett Ruess (March 28, 1914 – November 1934) was a young American artist, poet, and writer known for his solo explorations of the High Sierra, the California coast, and the deserts of the American Southwest and his ultimate disappearance while traveling through a remote area of Utah.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins.

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Game (hunting)

Game or quarry is any animal hunted for sport or for food.

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Grain elevator

A grain elevator is an agrarian facility complex designed to stockpile or store grain.

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Hal Holbrook

Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (born February 17, 1925) is an American film and stage actor and television director.

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Hedysarum alpinum

Hedysarum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine sweetvetch.

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Hedysarum boreale

Hedysarum boreale is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, or legume family, and is known by the common names Utah sweetvetch, USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.

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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian.

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Into the Wild (film)

Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical survival film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn.

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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.

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Jack London

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist.

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Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing.

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Locoweed

Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Out of the Wild

Out of the Wild (known in the first season solely as The Alaska Experiment) is a Discovery Channel reality television series.

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Outside (magazine)

Outside is an American magazine focused on the outdoors.

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Oxfam

Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.

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Remington Nylon 66

The Remington Nylon 66 is a rifle manufactured by Remington Arms from 1959 to 1989.

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Rhizoctonia leguminicola

Slafractonia leguminicola (formerly Rhizoctonia leguminicola) is a fungus that is a plant pathogen that most often attaches itself to the Trifolium pratense or red clover.

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Ron Lamothe

Ron Lamothe (born 1968) is a director of documentary films and the founder of Terra Incognita Films.

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Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Stampede Trail

The Stampede Trail is a road and trail located in the Denali Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Starvation

Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life.

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Swainsonine

Swainsonine is an indolizidine alkaloid.

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The Call of the Wild (2007 film)

The Call of the Wild is a 2007 documentary film by the independent filmmaker Ron Lamothe.

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Transcendentalism

Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (also referred to as UAF or Alaska) is a public research university in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Villard (imprint)

Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a publishing imprint of Random House, one of the largest publishing companies in the world.

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W. H. Davies

William Henry Davies or W. H. Davies (3 July 1871 – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer.

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Western United States

The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West, the Far West, or simply the West, traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(book)

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