Tobar, Héctor
Summary: "In The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana, Illinois, who died fighting with guerrillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times. Joe Sanderson died in pursuit of a life worth writing about. He was, in his words, a 'road bum,' an adventurer and a storyteller, belonging to no place, people, or set of ideas. He was born...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TOBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Tobar 2020Krakauer, Jon.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 1999
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCCANDLESS, CHRISTOPHER KRASummary: A journey in the footsteps of the enigmatic young American named Chris McCandless, who vanished and ultimately perished in the Alaskan wilderness. New interviews and never before released letters probe the mystery behind the best-selling book and movie 'Into the Wild.'
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RETKrakauer, Jon
Summary: "The gripping articles collected in Classic Krakauer--originally published in magazines such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian--show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 KRAKrakauer, Jon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2007