A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail -- Bill Bryson, Paperback

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
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 05/04/1999
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780767902526

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

About the Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A 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 chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.