A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767902526)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The classic chronicle of a "terribly misguided and terribly funny" (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The 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. But A Walk in the Woods is 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 Woods is a modern classic of travel literature.

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Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN-10: 0767902521
ISBN-13: 9780767902526
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/04/1999
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.6
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35586 / Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 06/01/1999 pg. 24
New York Times 05/16/1999 pg. 36
New York Times 06/06/1999 pg. 52
Outside 04/01/2008 pg. 28