Classic Krakauer : essays on wilderness and risk
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181 pages ; 20 cm.
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"The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in magazines such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these 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 Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. Rigorously researched and vividly written, marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop, these pieces are unified by the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, J. (2019). Classic Krakauer: essays on wilderness and risk (First Anchor Books edition.). Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. 2019. Classic Krakauer: Essays On Wilderness and Risk. Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. Classic Krakauer: Essays On Wilderness and Risk Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon. Classic Krakauer: Essays On Wilderness and Risk First Anchor Books edition., Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.

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