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Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
By Bill Bryson
By Bill Bryson
By Bill Bryson
By Bill Bryson
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By Bill Bryson
Read by Bill Bryson
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Category: Travel Writing | Humor |
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May 04, 1999 | ISBN 9780767902526
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About A Walk in the Woods
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER•The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author ofA Short History of Nearly EverythingandThe Body
“The best way of escaping into nature.”—The New York Times
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes—and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.
For a start there’s the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. ButA Walk in the Woodsis more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Bryson’s acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America’s last great wilderness. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration,A Walk in the Woodsis a modern classic of travel literature.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
About A Walk in the Woods
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).
About A Walk in the Woods
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER•The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author ofA Short History of Nearly EverythingandThe Body
“The best way of escaping into nature.”—The New York Times
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes—and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.
For a start there’s the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. ButA Walk in the Woodsis more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Bryson’s acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America’s last great wilderness. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration,A Walk in the Woodsis a modern classic of travel literature.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
About A Walk in the Woods
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).
About A Walk in the Woods
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER•The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author ofA Short History of Nearly EverythingandThe Body
“The best way of escaping into nature.”—The New York Times
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes—and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.
For a start there’s the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. ButA Walk in the Woodsis more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Bryson’s acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America’s last great wilderness. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration,A Walk in the Woodsis a modern classic of travel literature.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
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About Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON’s bestselling books includeA Walk in the Woods,The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, andA Short History of Nearly Everything(which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was… More about Bill Bryson
About Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON’s bestselling books includeA Walk in the Woods,The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, andA Short History of Nearly Everything(which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was… More about Bill Bryson
About Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON’s bestselling books includeA Walk in the Woods,The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, andA Short History of Nearly Everything(which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was… More about Bill Bryson
About Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON’s bestselling books includeA Walk in the Woods,The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, andA Short History of Nearly Everything(which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was… More about Bill Bryson
About Bill Bryson
BILL BRYSON’s bestselling books includeA Walk in the Woods,The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, andA Short History of Nearly Everything(which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union’s highest literary award). He was… More about Bill Bryson
Product Details
Category: Travel Writing | Humor |
Paperback | $19.00
Published by Crown
May 04, 1999 | 304 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8 | ISBN 9780767902526
Category: Travel Writing | Humor |
Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
Published by Vintage
Dec 26, 2006 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780307279460
Category: Travel Writing | Humor |
Ebook | $9.99
Published by Crown
Sep 08, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307717832
Category: Travel Writing | Humor | | Audiobooks
Audiobook Download | $22.50
Published by Random House Audio
Sep 25, 2012 | 584 Minutes | ISBN 9780385367721
Category: Travel Writing | Humor | | Audiobooks
Audiobook Download | $14.98
Published by Random House Audio
Jul 05, 2000 | 360 Minutes | ISBN 9780553750331
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“Bryson is . . . great company right from the start—a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry…[Readers] may find themselves turning the pages with increasing amusem*nt and anticipation as they discover that they’re in the hands of a satirist of the first rank who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“A terribly misguided and terribly funny tale of adventure…choke-on-your-coffee funny.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book.”
—The Boston Globe
“The Appalachian Trail…consists of some five million steps, and Bryson manages to coax a laugh, and often an unexpectedly startling insight, out of every one he traverses…It is hard not to grin idiotically through all304 pages…sheer comic entertainment.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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