FREE NOTES FOR INTO THE WILD BY JON KRAKAUER

CHAPTERS 10 - 13

Summary

Alaska State Troopers had a difficult time identifying Chris McCandless’s body. However, when the story ran in the paper, Jim Gallien was certain it was “Alex.” Gallien called police and described Alex; police finally believed Gallien when they saw his name in Chris’s journal. Soon after, Wayne Westerberg heard radio talk-show host Paul Harvey discussing a kid who starved to death in Alaska. Westerberg called Alaska State Troopers to tell them what he knew about Alex. However, police were having difficulty discerning who had actually known the dead hiker, since they received over 150 calls from people claiming to be a friend or family member. Yet Westerberg insisted he knew the hiker and could provide his Social Security number (from a W-4 form). With this information, police were able to contact Chris’s bother, Sam, in Virginia.

In Chapter 11, the author visits with Chris’s parents, Walt and Billie. Walt and Billie have since moved to the Maryland shore. Walt has had a very successful career, working as a private consultant for organizations such as NASA. Krakauer recounts Walt’s life, including his first marriage to a........

Notes

This section does an excellent job of complicating the perception of Chris McCandless that the reader is no doubt developing by this point. Thus far we have seen a Chris that was foolhardy and sullen, although sometimes given to sociability. In this section, his parents and sister describe the boy they loved so much. Here, Chris is a hard worker and high achiever. He is a brilliant entrepreneur.

While other interviews have provided only snapshots of Chris--what he........

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