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1、[SEEPIC‘CHRIS.JPG’][SeeMap1]JonKrakauerINTOTHEWILDForLindaAUTHOR’SNOTEInApril1992,ayoungmanfromawell-to-doEastCoastfamilyhitchhikedtoAlaskaandwalkedaloneintothewildernessnorthofMt.McKinley.Fourmonthslaterhisdecomposedbodywasfoundbyapartyofmoosehunters.Shortlyafterthedis
2、coveryofthecorpse,IwasaskedbytheeditorofOutsidemagazinetoreportonthepuzzlingcircumstancesoftheboy'sdeath.HisnameturnedouttobeChristopherJohnsonMcCandless.He'dgrownup,Ilearned,inanaffluentsuburbofWashington,D.C.,wherehe'dexcelledacademicallyandhadbeenaneliteathlete.Immed
3、iatelyaftergraduating,withhonors,fromEmoryUniversityinthesummerof1990,McCandlessdroppedoutofsight.Hechangedhisname,gavetheentirebalanceofatwenty-four-thousand-dollarsavingsaccounttocharity,abandonedhiscarandmostofhispossessions,burnedallthecashinhiswallet.Andthenheinven
4、tedanewlifeforhimself,takingupresidenceattheraggedmarginofoursociety,wanderingacrossNorthAmericainsearchofraw,transcendentexperience.HisfamilyhadnoideawherehewasorwhathadbecomeofhimuntilhisremainsturnedupinAlaska.Workingonatightdeadline,Iwroteanine-thousand-wordarticle,
5、whichranintheJanuary1993issueofthemagazine,butmyfascinationwithMcCandlessremainedlongafterthatissueofOutsidewasreplacedonthenewsstandsbymorecurrentjournalisticfare.Iwashauntedbytheparticularsoftheboy'sstarvationandbyvague,unsettlingparallelsbetweeneventsinhislifeandthos
6、einmyown.UnwillingtoletMcCandlessgo,IspentmorethanayearretracingtheconvolutedpaththatledtohisdeathintheAlaskataiga,chasingdowndetailsofhisperegrinationswithaninterestthatborderedonobsession.Intryingtoun-derstandMcCandless,Iinevitablycametoreflectonother,largersubjectsas
7、well:thegripwildernesshasontheAmericanimagination,theallurehigh-riskactivitiesholdforyoungmenofacertainmind,thecomplicated,highlychargedbondthatexistsbetweenfathersandsons.Theresultofthismeanderinginquiryisthebooknowbeforeyou.Iwon'tclaimtobeanimpartialbiographer.McCandl
8、ess'sstrangetalestruckapersonalnotethatmadeadispassionaterenderingofthetragedyimpossible.Throughmostofthebook,
