Author: Jon Krakauer

Friday Meme #72

Friday Meme #72

Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning Balanced atop the highest spire of the Salt Lake City Temple, gleaming in the Utah sun, a statue of the angel Moroni stands watch over Salt Lake City with his golden trumpet raised. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 More specifically, he devoted much time and energy to attempting […]

Divider

Into The Wild

October 19, 2018 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Into The Wild

Reviews Done Quick I picked up Into The Wild while at my family’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin. From a landscape perspective it seemed like a perfect match. All I can say is thank goodness it is short. As usual, Jon Krakauer’s writing was spot on, it was his subject matter that was the problem, Christopher […]

Divider

Missoula by Jon Krakauer

June 15, 2015 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Missoula by Jon Krakauer

After finishing Missoula by Jon Krakauer I found it difficult to collect my thoughts. Thus, I decided to write short and sweet to keep my mind from jumping from thought to thought. The subject and its writing is powerful with chilling testimony and a heartbreaking story. Missoula by Jon Krakauer is a book that must […]

Divider

Review: Under The Banner Of Heaven

March 3, 2012 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: Under The Banner Of Heaven

To better understand these motives Jon Krakauer, the author flip-flops between the heinous, unbelievable actions of 1984 and the creation of the Mormon religion and its prophet, Joseph Smith. Discovering the golden plates and the start of the religion was very interesting but the disturbing subject of polygamy and how Fundamentalists behave then and now […]

Divider