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1、[SEEPIC‘CHRIS.JPG’][SeeMap1]JonKrakauerINTOTHEWILDForLindaAUTHOR’SNOTEInApril1992,ayoungmanfromawell-to-doEastCoastfamilyhitchhikedtoAlaskaandwalkedaloneintothewildernessnorthofMt.McKinley.Fourmonthslaterhisdecomposedbodywasfoundbyapartyofmoosehunters.Shortlyafte
2、rthediscoveryofthecorpse,IwasaskedbytheeditorofOutsidemagazinetoreportonthepuzzlingcircumstancesoftheboy’sdeath.HisnameturnedouttobeChristopherJohnsonMcCandless.He’dgrownup,Ilearned,inanaffluentsuburbofWashington,D.C.,wherehe’dexcelledacademicallyandhadbeenanelit
3、eathlete.Immediatelyaftergraduating,withhonors,fromEmoryUniversityinthesummerof1990,McCandlessdroppedoutofsight.Hechangedhisname,gavetheentirebalanceofatwenty-four-thousand-dollarsavingsaccounttocharity,abandonedhiscarandmostofhispossessions,burnedallthecashinhis
4、wallet.Andthenheinventedanewlifeforhimself,takingupresidenceattheraggedmarginofoursociety,wanderingacrossNorthAmericainsearchofraw,transcendentexperience.HisfamilyhadnoideawherehewasorwhathadbecomeofhimuntilhisremainsturnedupinAlaska.Workingonatightdeadline,Iwrot
5、eanine-thousand-wordarticle,whichranintheJanuary1993issueofthemagazine,butmyfascinationwithMcCandlessremainedlongafterthatissueofOutsidewasreplacedonthenewsstandsbymorecurrentjournalisticfare.Iwashauntedbytheparticularsoftheboy’sstarvationandbyvague,unsettlingpar
6、allelsbetweeneventsinhislifeandthoseinmyown.UnwillingtoletMcCandlessgo,IspentmorethanayearretracingtheconvolutedpaththatledtohisdeathintheAlaskataiga,chasingdowndetailsofhisperegrinationswithaninterestthatborderedonobsession.Intryingtoun-derstandMcCandless,Iinevi
7、tablycametoreflectonother,largersubjectsaswell:thegripwildernesshasontheAmericanimagination,theallurehigh-riskactivitiesholdforyoungmenofacertainmind,thecomplicated,highlychargedbondthatexistsbetweenfathersandsons.Theresultofthismeanderinginquiryisthebooknowbefor
8、eyou.Iwon’tclaimtobeanimpartialbiographer.McCandless’sstrangetalestruckapersonalnotethatmadeadispassionaterenderingofthetragedyimpossible.Throughmostofthebook,
