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Into the Wild is about a young man's, Christopher Johnson McCandless, decomposed body being found in a bus in Alaska. McCandless set out on an excursion of Alaska and survived for about 112 days in the wilderness, struggling to find food to live off of. His activities included shooting game, such as moose, and keeping a journal. McCandless' goal was to hike to the coast, but the weather did not support his goal; therefore, he camped out in a bus. He tried to leave Alaska, the way out was blocked by a melted river. McCandless' kept a journal of his events which said he was eating roots of a plant that had poisonous seeds. Krakauer believes that McCandless died from neurological problems due to eating the poisonous seeds. This theory was tested and happened to be untrue. Krakauer later reformed his beliefs in saying that McCandless died from Rhizoctonia Ieguminicola, known to cause digestion problems in livestock. McCandless' body weighed only 67 pounds when he was found.
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