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An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods has become a modern classic of travel literature. 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. But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. 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. For a start there's the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. 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. 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. book.A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body.
Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Inscription from the author to the title page. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with minor shelf wear only. In the publisher's original binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. 1951) is a travel and non-fiction writer.This is a first edition of this work in an unclipped dust wrapper.Signed with a personal inscription from the author, 'To Tom, Merry Christmas! Bill Bryson'. It is a humourly written piece of work, with commentary on the trails history, wildlife and local inhabitants.Bill Bryson OBE (b.
'A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail' was first published in 1998, and is an autobiographical work describing the author's attempt to walk the trail situated in the Eastern United States with a friend. A first edition of this travel autobiography, with a personal inscription by the author, acclaimed and prolific writer Bill Bryson.
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