Krakauer’s "Into the Wild" is a modern rendition of classical Monomyth, the Hero’s Journey, overlayed on the real journey of a young boy searching for meaning in his life. Jon Krakauer’s “Into the ...

Or stay away. Here’s a summer book list, though I consider none beach-reading fare. Hearing the podcast I realized I had never read “Into the Wild” as a book. In the 1990s, I was inspired by ...