Christopher McCandles carried several books when he set off on his journey. These include;
• Education of a wandering man by Louis L'Amour
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
• Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
• O Jerusalem! By Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins
• Taras Bulba by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Family Happiness and The Death of Ivan IIych by Leo Tolstov, an author who detested wealth and advocated for simple living. His works greatly inspired McCandles ideals and encouraged him to take up his path
• Tanaina Plantore/ Dena’ina K’et’una: An Ethnobotany of the Dena’ina Indians of Southcentral Alaska by Priscilla Russel Kari – Christopher while flipping through pages of this edible plant guide found out that he had been consuming poisonous seeds which are connected to his eventual starvation and death
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