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Classic Krakauer
- 'Mark Foo's Last Ride,' 'After the Fall,' and Other Essays from the Vault
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.
His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo.
Bringing together work originally published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian—all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop—Classic Krakauer powerfully demonstrates the author’s ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.
What the critics say
“Krakauer is a masterly writer and reporter.” —The New York Times Book Review
"A first-rate journalist." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Krakauer is an extremely gifted storyteller as well as a relentlessly honest and evenhanded journalist." —Elle
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- Dawn
- 2023-01-04
Super boring and repetitive
Very disappointed with this book. Downloaded it for a 9 hour road trip and couldn’t even get through it. Very repetitive and boring.
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- Paddy Audible
- 2018-12-15
Narration doesn't match the content
great written content from krakauer, unfortunately the Narration style doesn't match the matter of fact investigative style of Krakauer, this takes away from that which is written and offers a tone of whispy drama to the completion of sentences that doesn't seem present in the words
I wish it was read by the author like Eiger Dreams was.
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- new hampshire
- 2019-05-05
Overly dramatic reading style
The articles are fascinating and beautifully written though sometimes grim. The reading style is nauseatingly dramatic and detracts significantly from the experience.
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- Bones
- 2021-12-04
An excellent collection of Krakauer essays
Chugged through this collection in less than a week. As always, Krakauer's writing is gripping and hard to put down. Prefer Phillip Franklin's style of narration for Krakauer but it's not a big enough detractor to make me shy away from listening to this collection.
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- Kaui
- 2020-07-27
great adventure writing
Oh, what a sadness for me. Greg Mortenson was a hero of mine, and I even attended a talk by him. But, according to Jon Krakauer, he was a fraud, much to my disappointment. Krakauer is a great writer; I enjoy him very much so the book was well-written and convincingly researched. It's a wake up call for us soft-hearted liberals.
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- Donald M. Scott
- 2019-08-18
A favorite author
These are good stories. As a fan of Jon Krakauer, I regret they didn’t find a few more of his stories to include. I also regret that Mr. Krakauer himself didn’t narrate, as he can do it better than anyone.
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- Slam Bones
- 2018-11-28
Not narrated by Krakauer.
It would have been a six star read if read by John Krakauer. It’s J.K. what else can be said?!
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- Otter
- 2018-08-30
Enjoyable
I read some of these when first published. They hold up very well. Very enjoyable.
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- anonymous
- 2022-03-02
Great stories, poor narration
All Krakauer work is good. But the narrator for this anthology was the wrong choice. This narrator did some fiction I read and his over-dramatics for that work was tolerable. But these nonfictional journalistic pieces need a more straightforward storyteller. Other than that the book’s worth reading.
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- JAY ALLEN
- 2021-02-15
Short stories
First read John Krakauers book " Into Thin Air" and was hooked on the writing and adventure. This book was easy to listen to while traveling to and from work.
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- TScales
- 2018-04-25
great book
this was a great compilation of essays. I enjoyed it. Jon krakauer it's a great writer
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