The Wild Truth or 110 days in the magic bus

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A book was recently published by Corinne McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless, of "Into The Wild" fame. The new book is to dispel any misunderstanding about the family intricacies. She had received letters from him before he dropped out of sight and felt it was time to put it all on the table. Their dad was drinking then and his wife and him had horrible fights. They made the mistake of bringing the kids into the fight and placing blame. The mother even said one time that if it hadn't been for Chris, the oldest, that they wouldn't have been saddled with their father. All that pressure and pain within the household was caused because of his existence. Can you imagine? What a lesson for parents everywhere. Obviously I think these parents were in denial years later when they were interviewed about that period. They totally denied any of that ever happening. or didn't see the seriousness of their actions when these kids were young. Alexander Supertramp.- was the name of the guy that walked away from that family and went to Alaska where, after living in an old abandoned bus for 110 days, he died. He starved to death. He was 24. What a story of family dysfunction and denial. How cruel to let a small boy hear that and go through life feeling that he was the cause of all the horror they lived though.