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Name: A Walk in the Woods (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)
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Author: Bryson, Bill
ISBN: 9781613839027

by Bill Bryson

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About this book

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 book by travel writer Bill Bryson describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing ticks, the occasional chuckling murderer, and - perhaps most alarming of all - people whose favorite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external frame backpack.

Facing savage weather, merciless insects, unreliable maps, and a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel and watch The X-Files, Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors. The book is written in a humorous style, interspersed with more serious discussions of matters relating to the trail's history, and the surrounding sociology, ecology, trees, plants, animals, and people.

From the publisher

A CLASSIC FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "ONE SUMMER
"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. Despite Katz's overwhelming desire to find cozy restaurants, he and Bryson eventually settle into their stride, and while on the trail they meet a bizarre assortment of hilarious characters. 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" has becomea modern classic of travel literature."

First Edition Identification

Broadway Books published a First Printing, First Edition in New York, 1998. The hardcover is characterized by tan and green cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Green inside covers, front and back. Blind stamp insignia of the publisher on the upper right corner of the front board.

Doubleday published a First Edition Canadian hardcover in Toronto, 1999.

Doubleday published a First Edition hardcover in London, 2000.

Details

Title A Walk in the Woods
Author Bill Bryson
Binding Prebound
Pages 284
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Perfection Learning
Date 05/04/19
ISBN 9781613839027 / 1613839022
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
Reading level 1210
Dewey Decimal Code 917.404

About the author

BILL BRYSON's bestselling books include "A Walk in the Woods," "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," "In a Sunburned Country," "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize), "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid," and "At Home." He lives in England with his wife.