Over Veiw of Into the Wild

This story starts out with McCandless laying outside a deserted bus in Alaska. The Author spends his time re-tracing McCandless steps for the two years the McCandless was missing. In the journey, McCandless decides to change his name to Alexander, and spends a majority of his time with a man named Wayne Westerberg while they are in South Dakota. While McCandless is in Alaska he decides he wants to attempt to climb the "Devils Thumb" He spent 112 days in the wild, living of nature and what ever plants, food, and water he could find. While doing this he kept a journal of his experiences. Krakauer, through much research, decided that McCandless must of eaten the seeds of a Hedysarum Alpinum, which is know to be an edible plant, and may also be know to others as the Wild Potato. This plant eventually killed him because it stopped his intake nutrients, and McCandless starved to death. When McCandless body was found, he weighed roughly 67 pounds.