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Release Year
1999
ISBN
9780767902526

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0767902521
ISBN-13
9780767902526
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1626087

Product Key Features

Book Title
Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Environmental Conservation & Protection, Essays & Travelogues, Regional, United States / General, Form / Essays
Features
Reprint
Genre
Nature, Travel, Humor
Author
Bill Bryson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-032627
TitleLeading
A
Reviews
"Choke-on-your-coffee funny." -- The Washington Post Book World "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." -- The New York Times Book Review "A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe, "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry...[Readers] may find themselves turning the pages with increasing amusement and anticipation as they discover that they're in the hands of a satirist of the first rank who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio." --The New York Times Book Review "A terribly misguided and terribly funny tale of adventure...choke-on-your-coffee funny." -- The Washington Post Book World " A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe "The Appalachian Trail...consists of some five million steps, and Bryson manages to coax a laugh, and often an unexpectedly startling insight, out of every one he traverses...It is hard not to grin idiotically through all 304 pages...sheer comic entertainment." --Kirkus Reviews, "Choke-on-your-coffee funny." --The Washington Post Book World "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." --The New York Times Book Review "A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe, "Choke-on-your-coffee funny." --The Washington Post Book World "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." --The New York Times Book Review "A Walk in the Woodsis an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe, "Choke-on-your-coffee funny." -- The Washington Post Book World "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." -- The New York Times Book Review " A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." -- The Boston Globe, "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry...[Readers] may find themselves turning the pages with increasing amusement and anticipation as they discover that they're in the hands of a satirist of the first rank who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio." --The New York Times Book Review "A terribly misguided and terribly funny tale of adventure...choke-on-your-coffee funny." -- The Washington Post Book World " A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe "The Appalachian Trail...consists of some five million steps, and Bryson manages to coax a laugh, and often an unexpectedly startling insight, out of every one he traverses...It is hard not to grin idiotically through all 304 pages...sheer comic entertainment." --Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
917.4/0443
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body . 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 become a modern classic of travel literature., 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. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, 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. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
LC Classification Number
F106.B92 1998

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    A Classic Arm Chair Travel Adventure Story !

    Great Book . . . In OKAY Shape. Delivered Timely.

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  • GREAT BOOK! The book is better than the movie and you can't do without seeing the movie! Good story but too much foul language.

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  • Be prepared for the adventure of a lifetime--and more laughs than you every thought you could have.

    Bill Bryson's hilarious way of telling a story makes one wonder if ALL of what he relays could even remotely be true. But this book supposedly tells the "true" story of him and hos friend's adventure on summer along thr Appalachian Trail that runs from just north of Atlanta, Georgia, all the way to the highest mountain in Maine. What happens along the way will have you rolling on the floor with laughter. Get the companion film starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, and you will have the novel come to life on your TV screen.

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    I had a copy of this book prior to purchasing this one. I gave it to someone to read and it was never returned. I enjoyed this book and wanted it as part of my book collection.

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    Was pleased to find a copy reasonably priced for our book club. This is a great story.

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