By John Krakauer.  This is a book about a kid who graduates from college and gets rid of all his personal belongings and lives a nomadic life.  He is found dead a few years later in an old "hunting shack" in the Wild of Alaska.  The book advertises the fact that he died and it is about his nomadic life and what he may have been thinking.  A good read.  The kid is a bit "eccentric" and got cocky which ultimately cost him his life, but I would reccommend this to others who like outdoor adventures.  

It is also somehwat on-topic too as he gets a canoe and tries to take the Colorado, below the Grand Canyon to the ocean.