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Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams , Into the Wild , and Into Thin Air and is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. Born in 1954, he grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, where his father introduced him to mountaineering as an 8-year-old. www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=123
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Jon Krakauer was born in Corvallis, OR. On his eighth birthday his father gave him an ice axe, and shortly after his parents took him up South Sister, Three Sisters Wilderness. By the time Jon turned eighteen climbing had become the thing he cared about www.everestnews.com/history/climbers/jonkrakauer.htm
The outdoor adventure stories of Jon Krakauer are some of the most captivating writing being published today. Eiger Dreams, his collection of mountaineering essays, takes the reader on an unforgettable journey from Alaska to the Alps to the Himalaya. In www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0697/krakauer/
Born in 1954, Jon Krakauer grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, where his father introduced him to mountaineering as an 8-year-old. After graduating from Hampshire College in 1976, Krakauer divided his time between Colorado, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest, e www.randomhouse.com/features/krakauer/author.html
