Chris McCandless' journey into the Alaskan wild wasn't only about his love for nature, his sisters say. It was also inspired by his desire to escape a brutal home life in which his father lashed ...

Chris McCandless' journey was immortalized in book and movie, "Into the Wild." — -- The sister of Chris McCandless, the hiker whose two-year odyssey across America and into the Alaskan ...

Bus 142 parked at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where it’s being prepared for exhibition at the school’s Museum of the North; a self-portrait of Chris McCandless taken in 1992 (Photo ...

A pivotal scene, in both the book and movie, shows Chris McCandless trying to cross a swollen river, and failing. Days later, he died deep in the Alaska backcountry. The true story raises profound ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Chris McCandless, center of “Into the Wild,” against the bus, where he lived and died in Alaska. Wikipedia Share Our youngest son was listening to a ...