Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Jose Antonio de Aguirre, the exiled President of the Basque Republic, found himself caught between the Spanish Nationalists and the Gestapo as the Germans invaded France in 1940. This book is first and foremost the exciting account of a miraculous escape from the Germans, but it contains far more than mere adventure; threaded into the story are pictures of democracy and dictatorship and their effects on the lives of individuals, of religion in war, of human progress and decency surviving every adversity, of optimism where it might be least expected. Here is a man, by temperament a philosopher and by career the president of his people, interpreting 1940s Europe for his readers and explaining how people in Berlin, Antwerp, and Paris felt. This annotated edition, published nearly 50 years after the book first appeared, attests to the timeliness and foresight of Aguirre's message. Annotations and introduction by Robert Clark.

Jon Krakauer is the author of Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Under the Banner of Heaven, Where Men Win Glory, and Three Cups of Deceit, all of which are available in Anchor paperback and eBook editions. He is also the editor of the Modern Library Exploration series.

Jon Krakauer combines the tenacity and courage of the finest tradition of investigative journalism with the stylish subtlety and profound insight of the born writer. --American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature citation

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ISBN 13	9780679457527
ISBN 10	0679457526
Title	Into Thin Air
Author	Jon Krakauer
Series	Modern Library Exploration
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1997-04-22
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of Alex Award - YALSA 1998, Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age., Winner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
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