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“ ”Launching a nice little war to divert national attention was a gambit no less appealing to nineteenth-century politicians than it is to their present-day counterparts.
About Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American journalist, author of non-fiction books, and mountaineer. In 1999 he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Although he is perhaps best known as an "adventure writer," Krakauer has in fact written about a wide range of subjects since very early in his career.
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Additional quotes by Jon Krakauer
Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so often.
Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.
[Chris] gave his life in exchange for knowledge and his story is his contribution to the world. I feel complete now to put this story behind me as it was on my mind for quite some time.