A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachia

ISBN: 0767902521

Author: Bryson, Bill

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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 TimesBack 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.NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

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