Jon Krakauer     1996     207p     5 x 8

Krakauer’s version of Alexander Supertramp’s adventurous and, ultimately, tragic life. Disillusioned with his middle class life, after graduating college Supertramp drops off the map and strikes off on an ascetic adventure: hitch-hiking across the country, canoeing to mexico, train-hopping up and down the west coast, and eventually the alaskan wilderness.

$4-10