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Chris graduates from Emory University.
"Immediately after graduating, with honors, from Emory University in the summer of 1990, dropped out of sight.(Authors Note)" -
Chris donates his life to OXFAM.
"...(He) gave the entire balance of a twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account to charity...(Authors Note)" -
Chris drove west and got his Datsun stuck in Detrital Wash in Arizona.
"With the battery dead there was no way to get the Datsun running.(28)" -
Chris meets Wayne Westerberg and he gives him a job at a grain elevator.
"During those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle: ...(62)" -
Chris arrives at Bullhead City and he works a job at McDonalds.
" McCandless explained to Burres that he'd grown tired of Bullhead, tired of punching the clock, tiered of the "plastic people" he worked with... (43)" -
Chris stops at Salton, City California before he returns to Carthage, South Dakota.
" One Thursday in mid-January, McCandless was hitching back out to the bajada after filling his jug when an old man, name of Ron Franz, stopped to give him a ride.(49)" -
Chris returns to Carthage, South Dakota and he continues to work for Wayne Westerberg.
" He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake.(62)" -
Chris travels to Alaska, reaches the bus, and struggles to survive in the bush.
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Chris continues to struggle to find food and eventually dies of starvation.
