{"product_id":"classic-krakauer-jon-krakauer-9781984897695","title":"Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk","description":"\u003cb\u003eSpanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together work originally published in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e--all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop--\u003ci\u003eClassic Krakauer\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully demonstrates the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Krakauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1984897691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984897695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2019","brand":"Jon Krakauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053250801919,"sku":"9781984897695","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bf29641-dabd-4eaa-ba61-f452d6314112.jpg?v=1685023291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classic-krakauer-jon-krakauer-9781984897695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}