![A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/526/902/9780767902526.RH.0.l.jpg)
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) Paperback - 1999
by Bill Bryson
- Used
A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike--by the beloved comic author of "Lost Continent" and "Notes from a Small Island."
Description
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
Details
- Title A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail)
- Author Bill Bryson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown, New York
- Date 1999-05-04
- Features Bibliography, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-K-2f-001896
- ISBN 9780767902526 / 0767902521
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.03 cm)
- Reading level 1210
-
Themes
- Cultural Region: Appalachians
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Appalachian Trail - Description and travel, Bryson, Bill - Journeys - Appalachian Trail
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97032627
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.404
About More Than Words Inc. Massachusetts, United States
More Than Words empowers youth who are in foster care, court-involved, homeless or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. MTW believes that when system-involved youth are challenged with authentic and increasing responsibilities in a business setting, and are given high expectations and a culture of support, they can and will address personal barriers to success, create concrete action plans for their lives, and become contributing members of society. More Than Words began as an online bookselling training program for youth in DCF custody in 2004 and opened its vibrant bookstore on Moody St in Waltham in 2005 and added its Starbucks coffee bar in 2008. MTW replicated its model in the South End of Boston in 2011, thereby doubling the number of youth served annually.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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.
Summary
From the publisher
From the rear cover
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 is destined to become a 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.
Categories
Excerpt
Media reviews
Citations
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 24
- New York Times, 05/16/1999, Page 36
- Outside, 04/01/2008, Page 28