Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk -- Jon Krakauer, Paperback

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Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk -- Jon Krakauer, PaperbackSpanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one

Author: Brian Rosenberg

When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776

kills two marauders who have come to harm the family

This outdoor thriller wouldn't be misplaced on a shelf alongside certain tales by Faulkner

000-square foot manor livable

a treasured notebook

Honors different cultural and religious perspectives so every family feels respected

the Beach Groundhog vs

In a series of genre-blending essays

and smell the smoke of the off-brand cigarettes

Pope Benedict XVI said

and this tree bears witness to their hushed