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(0)Jon Krakauer
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to discover what led the young man to that point.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of NFL player and army soldier Pat Tillman, describing his death by friendly fire, in an account that draws on Tillman's journals and letters as well as interviews with family members and fellow soldiers.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the experiences of several women in Missoula, Montana, who claimed to be raped by University of Montana football players, highlighting the inequities of the law in regard to rape allegations and the treatment of rape victims and perpetrators.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature.
Author
Language
English
Description
Despite considerable press coverage and a lengthy trial, the full story of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints has remained largely untold. Only one man can reveal the whole, astounding truth: Sam Brower, the private investigator who devoted years of his life to breaking open the secret practices of the FLDS and bringing Warren Jeffs and his inner circle to justice. In Prophet's Prey, Brower implicates Jeff in his own words, bringing to...