Christopher McCandless

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Christopher McCandless was an American wanderer and idealist who abandoned his conventional life to travel across North America and ultimately live in the Alaskan wilderness, a journey later chronicled in the book and film "Into the Wild."

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instanceOf American traveler
adventurer
human
idealist
wanderer
academicDegree bachelor's degree in history and anthropology
bookAuthorAbout Jon Krakauer NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath starvation
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1968-02-12
dateOfDeath 1992-08-18
educatedAt Emory University NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup European American
familyName McCandless NERFINISHED
father Walt McCandless NERFINISHED
fullName Christopher Johnson McCandless NERFINISHED
genreOfActivity backpacking
hitchhiking
wilderness living
givenName Christopher NERFINISHED
influencedBy Henry David Thoreau NERFINISHED
Jack London NERFINISHED
Leo Tolstoy NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Into the Wild (book) NERFINISHED
Into the Wild (film) NERFINISHED
knownFor abandoning conventional life to travel across North America
attempting to live self-sufficiently in the Alaskan wilderness
being the subject of the book "Into the Wild"
being the subject of the film "Into the Wild"
mother Billie McCandless NERFINISHED
movement simple living
nickname Alex Supertramp NERFINISHED
Alexander Supertramp NERFINISHED
notableEvent abandoned his car in the desert after a flash flood
donated most of his savings to charity after college graduation
lived for several months near the Stampede Trail in Alaska
placeOfBirth El Segundo, California, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Stampede Trail, near Denali National Park, Alaska, United States NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Emile Hirsch NERFINISHED
residence Annandale, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
sibling Carine McCandless NERFINISHED
subjectOf Into the Wild (book) NERFINISHED
Into the Wild (film) NERFINISHED
traveledTo Alaska NERFINISHED
Arizona NERFINISHED
California NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
South Dakota NERFINISHED
usedAsShelter abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail

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Into the Wild featuresCharacter Christopher McCandless
Into the Wild mainSubject Christopher McCandless
Emile Hirsch playedCharacter Christopher McCandless