# Into the Wild ![cover](http://books.google.com/books/content?id=waBwNtI6rSwC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api) > [!summary]+ Wikipedia Synopsis > wikipedia:: [Into the Wild (book)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into%20the%20Wild%20(book)) > Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer on Chris McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside. The book was adapted to a film of the same name in 2007, directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless. Into the Wild is an international bestseller which has been printed in 30 languages and 173 editions and formats. The book is widely used as high school and college reading curriculum. Into the Wild has been lauded by many reviewers, and in 2019 was listed by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction works of the past quarter-century. By: [[Jon Krakauer]] about [[Christopher McCandless]] ## Quotes - (quoting [[Boris Pasternak]]) [[She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or, if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place.]] --- ## Also By Or In Or Of `= this.file.name` ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS Name, by AS By, in AS In, of AS Of, date AS Date, year AS Year FROM #Type WHERE ( ( any(contains(by, this.by)) AND by ) OR ( any(contains(in, this.in)) AND in ) OR ( any(contains(of, this.of)) AND of ) OR ( any(contains(in, this.file.name)) OR any(contains(in, this.file.link)) ) OR ( any(contains(of, this.file.name)) OR any(contains(of, this.file.link)) ) AND file.name !=this.file.name ) SORT file.etags DESC, date DESC, year DESC ```