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Chris Mccandless's Dream
In September 1992, a young man's decomposed body was discovered inside of an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness. The young man was identified as a Christopher Johnson McCandless, an Emory graduate, who had disappeared four months prior. He had given $25,000 of his savings money to charity, abandoned his car and burned all the cash in his wallet.

'Into the Wild' is based on a true story. Christopher McCandless's dream was to live in the Alaskan wilderness with no contact or support from the outside world. He left for his journey to Alaska with no supplies, knowing winter was approaching. As he hiked through the Alaskan wilderness, Christopher stumbled across an old, abandoned bus along the Stampede Trail, which he had made his home. Although

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