Classic Krakauer
  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781984897695
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $36.00
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Classic Krakauer

"Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault

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From the bestselling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the masterful investigative reporting that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mount Everest to a volcano in Washington State; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars.

Spanning 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 Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo.

Bringing together work originally published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian—all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop—Classic Krakauer powerfully demonstrates the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.
  • Published: 5 November 2019
  • ISBN: 9781984897695
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $36.00
Categories:

About the author

Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer is the preeminent writer of narrative non-fiction. In his latest work, Where Men Win Glory, he delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man's haunting journey. Mr. Krakrauer's numerous bestsellers include Under the Banner of Heaven, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air. He is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

Also by Jon Krakauer

Missoula
Three Cups of Deceit
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Praise for Classic Krakauer

Praise for Jon Krakauer

  • "Krakauer is a masterly writer and reporter." --The New York Times Book Review
  • "A first-rate journalist." --San Francisco Chronicle
  • "Krakauer is an extremely gifted storyteller as well as a relentlessly honest and evenhanded journalist." --Elle
  • "Jon Krakauer has made a name for himself by writing about impassioned individuals and the incredible lengths to which they go in pursuit of their goals." --San Jose Mercury News