Classic Krakauer: "Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault
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Krakauer, Jon
Contributors
Krakauer, Jon Author
Brick, Scott Narrator
Published
Books on Tape , 2018.
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Available from Libby/OverDrive

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Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His 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. Bringing together work originally published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian—all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop—Classic Krakauer powerfully demonstrates the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.

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Format
eAudiobook
Edition
Unabridged
Street Date
02/27/2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780525596134
Subjects
Biography & Autobiography
Sociology
Sports & Recreations
Nonfiction

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, J., & Brick, S. (2018). Classic Krakauer: "Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault (Unabridged). Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon and Scott Brick. 2018. Classic Krakauer: "Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays From the Vault. Books on Tape.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon and Scott Brick. Classic Krakauer: "Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays From the Vault Books on Tape, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Krakauer, J. and Brick, S. (2018). Classic krakauer: "mark foo's last ride," "after the fall," and other essays from the vault. Unabridged Books on Tape.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Krakauer, Jon, and Scott Brick. Classic Krakauer: "Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays From the Vault Unabridged, Books on Tape, 2018.

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