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The official site of Jon Krakauer, author of Where Men Win Glory, Under the Banner of Heaven, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air.
Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer. He is the author of bestselling non-fiction books— Into the Wild ; Into Thin Air ; Under the Banner of Heaven ; and Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman —as well as numerous magazine articles.
Jon Krakauer is the author of eight books and has received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Jan 13, 1996 · Krakauer’s page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.
Aug 18, 2015 · Author Jon Krakauer says his ill-fated 1996 Mount Everest, which he wrote about in “Into Thin Air,” was the “biggest mistake” of his life.
Jon Krakauer has 45 books on Goodreads with 3491156 ratings. Jon Krakauer’s most popular book is Into the Wild.
Nov 11, 2014 · Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who...
Jon Krakauer is an American writer and mountaineer, well-known for outdoor and mountain-climbing writing. https://www.facebook.com/jonkrakauer. ...more. Combine Editions. Jon Krakauer’s books. Average rating: 4.07 · 1,971,124 ratings · 76,833 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors. More books by Jon Krakauer…
News about Jon Krakauer, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Oct 19, 1999 · A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that "suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down." He was wrong.
