The Wild Truth: The secrets that drove Chris McCandless into the wild. Carine McCandless

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      First published in the US by HarperOne 2014

      This UK edition published by HarperElement 2014

      © Carine McCandless 2014

      A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library

      All photos are from the author’s collection, with the exception of insert image 18, image 19, image 20, image 37 and image 38 © Dominic Peters; image 22 © Jon Krakauer.

      Material quoted on p. vii from All Said and Done © Simone de Beauvoir; p. 15, “I Go Back to May 1937” © Sharon Olds; p. ix, “Dying in the Wild” © The New York Times; p. 107, Growing Wings © Kristen Jongen; p. 187, Doctor Zhivago © Boris Pasternak.

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      Carine McCandless asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780007585137

      Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780007585144 Version: 2014-10-28