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Jon krakauer reveals inspiration for into the wild youtube. Further inspired by mcandlesss story, krakauer wrote and published the novel, into the wild in 1996. Oct 25, 2007 jon krakauer interview on into the wild 1996 duration. The major difference between the movie and book was jon trying to draw parallel between his and chriss life, the book also. This is the haunting story of 22yearold chris mccandless, who walked into the alaskan wilderness in the spring of 1992 and whose bodyalong with a camera with five rolls of film, an sos note, and a cryptic diary written in the back pages of a book about edible plantswas found six months later by a hunter. I love this if you ever feel complacent read the following. I found into the wild by jon krakauer a very tough read, but its worth the read. Into the wild is author jon krakauer s 1996 book about doomed adventurer chris mccandless.