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A WALK IN THE WOODS  : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Cassettes, BDDAP 865)

A WALK IN THE WOODS : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Cassettes, BDDAP 865)

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A WALK IN THE WOODS : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Cassettes, BDDAP 865)

by Bill Bryson (Audiobook, Read By the Author)

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9780553525069
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New York, NY: Random House Audio, 1998. First Edition . 4-Cassettes/Sealed Box. Audio Cassettes - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy; an oral history. 4 Audio Cassettes, narrated by author in sealed package. After return home after a sojournment in Britain of some 20 yrs, travel writer Bill Bryson (1951 -) decided to walk the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail w/friend Stephen Katz (a pseudonym). Their hike is described in his 1997, Doubleday, autobiographical book. A humorous personal account richl with studied discussions on theTrail's history, its surrounding sociology, ecology, trees, plants, animals, people & portends of the future. This is the 1998, Bryson authorized abridged edition on 4 cassettes (6 hrs) narrated by master wordmaster Bryson himself w/a distinct voice for Katz, and engaging British-American English. Book adapted to film in 2015; Bryson is portrayed by Robert Redford, and Katz by Nick Nolte. The engagin wordmaster Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.

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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.

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Title
A WALK IN THE WOODS : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Cassettes, BDDAP 865)
Author
Bill Bryson (Audiobook, Read By the Author)
Format/Binding
4-Cassettes/Sealed Box
Book Condition
New Audio Cassettes - NEW
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
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Unknown
ISBN 10
0553525069
ISBN 13
9780553525069
Publisher
Random House Audio
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date Published
1998
Keywords
Travelogue/Hiking/Appalachian Mountain Trail/Audio Cassettes

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