Jon Krakauer

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Jon Krakauer was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on April 12, 1954. He received a degree in environmental studies from Hampshire College in Massachusetts in 1976. He worked as a carpenter, fisherman, and writer. He articles on mountain climbing appeared in several publications including GQ, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, Playboy, The New Yorker, and Rolling Stone. In 1996, he climbed Mt. Everest, but a storm took the lives of four of the five teammates who reached the summit with him. An analysis of the calamity he wrote for Outside magazine received a National Magazine Award. An article he wrote for Smithsonian about volcanology received the 1997 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism. He is the author of several books including Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster; Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith; Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman; Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way; and Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town. His book, Into the Wild, was made into a movie in 2007. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. (Bowker Author Biography) — biografie van De wildernis in… (meer)

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Werken van Jon Krakauer

De wildernis in 16,864 exemplaren, 428 besprekingen

De ijle lucht in het verslag van een huiveringwekkende Mount… 13,472 exemplaren, 303 besprekingen

In de ban van de hemel een verhaal over gewelddadig geloof 8,377 exemplaren, 208 besprekingen

De held 1,822 exemplaren, 72 besprekingen

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 1,326 exemplaren, 73 besprekingen

Dromen van de Eiger het gevecht met de berg 1,256 exemplaren, 21 besprekingen

Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way 454 exemplaren, 34 besprekingen

Into the Wild [2007 film] (Auteur) 202 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen

Iceland: Land of the Sagas (Fotograaf) 173 exemplaren

Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk 103 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster {abridged… (Author & Reader) 94 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (A Vintage Short) 6 exemplaren

Under the Banner of Heaven {abridged audio} 4 exemplaren

In die Wildnis . Mord im Auftrag Gottes: Zwei Bestseller in einem Band 4 exemplaren

Sem Deixar Rasto 3 exemplaren

Improve Your Energy: Dealing with problems 2 exemplaren

Rêves de montagnes 2 exemplaren

Obedeceré a Dios: El crimen que puso la fe a prueba 2 exemplaren, 1 bespreking

How Chris McCandless Died: An Update 2 exemplaren

Krakauer esencial: Reflexiones sobre el riesgo y la condición humana… 2 exemplaren

Rocky Times for Banff 1 exemplaar

Outside, September 2006 Issue 1 exemplaar

A new vision for a museum on the Mall 1 exemplaar

Geologists worry about dangers of living 'under the volcano' 1 exemplaar

Outside, September 1996 (Into Thin Air) 1 exemplaar

High and Hallowed 1 exemplaar

Sueǫs del Eiger : aventuras entre los hombres y las montaąs 1 exemplaar

Tìm trong hoang dã 1 exemplaar

Eiger wysniony 1 exemplaar

A l'extrême 1 exemplaar

Death of an Innocent: How Christopher McCandless Lost His Way in the Wilds 1 exemplaar

Looking for new challenges, hard-core climbers turn to ice 1 exemplaar

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Ook door Jon Krakauer

The Best American Essays of the Century (Medewerker) 728 exemplaren, 4 besprekingen

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (Voorwoord, sommige edities) 450 exemplaren, 12 besprekingen

In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian… (Voorwoord, sommige edities) 407 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen

Farthest North (Introductie, sommige edities) 394 exemplaren, 11 besprekingen

The Wild Truth (Voorwoord) 341 exemplaren, 14 besprekingen

Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the… (Voorwoord) 307 exemplaren, 32 besprekingen

Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary… (Voorwoord) 194 exemplaren, 9 besprekingen

The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (Medewerker) 185 exemplaren, 1 bespreking

Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks (Medewerker) 165 exemplaren, 3 besprekingen

High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline) (Medewerker) 102 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen

The mountain of my fear {and} Deborah : a wilderness narrative (Voorwoord, sommige edities) 62 exemplaren, 1 bespreking

Forget Me Not: A Memoir (Voorwoord) 47 exemplaren, 1 bespreking

Where the Silence Rings: A Literary Companion to Mountains (Medewerker) 12 exemplaren

Playboy Magazine ~ October 1994 (Jennifer Lavoie) (Medewerker) 3 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum

1954-04-12

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