Classic Krakauer: After the Fall, Mark Foo's Last Ride and Other Essays from the Vault
The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer, originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian, display the singular investigative reporting that made Jon Krakauer fam…
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