A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail - ISBN: 0613225783


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		"Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem." - Kahlil Gibran

	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
	by Bill Bryson

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Product Details

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Econo-Clad Books

ISBN: 0613225783

Release Date: Jan 11, 2001

Average Reader Review:

(Based on 5 reviews.)

In Brief
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 is destined to become a modern classic of travel literature.

From The Publisher
For reasons even he didn't understand, Bill Bryson decided in 1996 to walk the 2,100-mile Appalachian trail. Winding from Georgia to Maine, this uninterrupted 'hiker's highway' sweeps through the heart of some of America's most beautiful and treacherous terrain. Accompanied by his infamous crony, Stephen Katz, Bryson risks snake bite and hantavirus to trudge up unforgiving mountains, plod through swollen rivers, and yearn for cream sodas and hot showers. This amusingly ill-conceived adventure brings Bryson to the height of his comic powers, but his acute eye also observes an astonishing landscape of silent forests, sparkling lakes, and other national treasures that are often ignored or endangered. Fresh, illuminating, and uproariously funny, A Walk in the Woods showcases Bill Bryson at his very best.

Number of Reviews: 5 Average Rating:

Reader who really wouldnt even give this book one star

-- A 16 year old reviewer, July 29, 2002

Also Recommended: Grapes of Wrath, Catcher in the rye, To kill a mockingbird.....great books

'A Walk in the Woods' Review

-- Amanda, January 7, 2002

Disappointing.

-- Jerry Lucas, a published author., July 26, 2002

Also Recommended: Endurance. Gold in the Water.

Makes you want to take a hike!

-- Pat Dubiel, Always looking for a good book, June 26, 2002

Great!

-- Tom Mackin, an avid reader of experiences!', February 14, 2002

Also Recommended: Sunburned, Travels in Europe and Notes from a Small Island.

The Word On The Street
Don't look to A Walk in the Woods for forced revelations about failed relationships or financial ruin or artistic insecurity. Bryson is hiking the trail because it's there, and he's great company right from the start -- a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley and (given his fondness for gross-out humor) Dave Barry. —Dwight Garner

Bill Bryson is an extremely funny man, the Appalachian Trail is an exceedingly magnificent place, and together they have created an exceedingly fine book. —Bill McKibben

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Keywords
Travel, Travel - United States, Essays & Travelogues, United States - Northeast - General, United States - South - East South Central (General), United States - General, Natural history, Description and travel, Appalachian Trail