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Jon Krakauer

Forfatter af Ind i vildmarken

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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, vis mere 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) vis mindre

Værker af Jon Krakauer

Ind i vildmarken (1996) 17,863 eksemplarer
Op i det blå (1996) 14,001 eksemplarer
Into the Wild [2007 film] (2007) — Forfatter — 221 eksemplarer
Iceland: Land of the Sagas (1990) — Fotograf — 185 eksemplarer
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place (2018) 6 eksemplarer

Associated Works

The Best American Essays of the Century (2000) — Bidragyder — 774 eksemplarer
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places (1999) — Forord, nogle udgaver475 eksemplarer
In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic (1917) — Forord, nogle udgaver425 eksemplarer
Farthest North (1897) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver402 eksemplarer
The Wild Truth (2014) — Forord — 390 eksemplarer
The Best American Sports Writing of the Century (1999) — Bidragyder — 191 eksemplarer
Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks (1997) — Bidragyder — 173 eksemplarer
High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline) (1998) — Bidragyder — 107 eksemplarer
The mountain of my fear {and} Deborah : a wilderness narrative (1991) — Forord, nogle udgaver65 eksemplarer
Forget Me Not: A Memoir (2008) — Forord — 52 eksemplarer
Where the Silence Rings: A Literary Companion to Mountains (2007) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Playboy Magazine | October 1994 | Jennifer Lavoie (1994) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer

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I decided to give this book a go after reading Into the Wild (which I absolutely loved). I knew the subject matter of this book was disturbing, but I tried to get through it anyway. I could not. I did not get past page 12. I put the book down and I have no intentions of ever finishing it.

I do give the book 2 stars just because Jon Krakauer is a good author (in my opinion).
 
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thatnerd | 222 andre anmeldelser | Mar 2, 2024 |
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer is a 2004 Anchor publication.

I just finished the Hulu limited series of the same name as this book. That show is definitely a fictional dramatization- but is based on this book, which is often labeled a ‘true crime’. So, once I finished the series, I wanted to read this book to get the full, true account of the murder of Brenda Lafferty and her fifteen-month-old daughter by her own brothers-in-law.

Unfortunately, though the title of the book hints of a true crime book, what one actually gets is a long, long, detailed history of Mormonism.

Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with that if that is what you were looking for. I did find it fascinating on occasion, but I grew weary of it because that was not why I picked this book up. What I was wanting was a sharper focus on the Lafferty crime, but it mostly ran in the background.

So, if you are interested in Morman history this is a book you’ll want to consider. I have no doubt the book is well-researched, but I’d also take the time to read a few books he used as sources, as well.

On the other hand, if you are looking for a book specifically about the Lafferty crime, you might look to see if anyone else has written a book about that crime, in particular. I do think to understand the situation, some history or insights into Mormonism must be a part of the book, but it doesn’t need to overpower the particulars of this sect.

Overall, this book was not exactly what I was expecting. Once it became obvious that the book was more history than true crime I skipped over whole chapters, feeling I had gotten the point and didn’t need to absorb more historical facts and only read the sections that pertained to Brenda’s murder and the subsequent trial of the Lafferty brothers.

While the book is very comprehensive, well-researched, and well-written, it simply did not deliver what I had ordered- or thought I had ordered, I guess I should say. Should I lower my rating because of that? That’s a hard choice to make- so let me clear that there wasn’t anything wrong with the writing, organization, or the content so from a critically thinking standpoint its an easy 4+ stars- but from a personal perspective, it’s only a three-star experience. So, I’m going to give it 3.5 stars. Round up or down? UGH. I’m on the fence, but I really do have to round up simply because of the obvious effort the put into the book.

3.5 stars rounded up.
… (mere)
½
 
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gpangel | 222 andre anmeldelser | Feb 28, 2024 |
Un dels grans llibres de la literatura de viatges.
 
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jrzaballos | 444 andre anmeldelser | Feb 10, 2024 |

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