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What was the typical response of Alaskans to Krakauer’s article about McCandless?

What was the typical response of Alaskans to Krakauer’s article about McCandless?

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Krakauer summarizes the response to his article by saying, “The prevailing Alaska wisdom held that McCandless was simply one more dreamy half-cocked greenhorn who went into the country expecting to find answers to all his problems and instead found only mosquitos and a lonely death”

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