A Walk In The Woods: The World’s Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike

Bill BrysonPublished: 13/08/2015

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The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, snaking through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America. Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world.

ISBN: 9781784161446 Category:

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‘Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.’ New York Times

In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world.

Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the occasional chuckling murderer and – perhaps most alarming of all – people whose favourite 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.

A Walk in the Woods is now a major feature film starring Robert Redford, Emma Thompson and Nick Offerman.

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Weight 0.24 kg
Dimensions 19.4 × 12.6 × 2.8 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

337

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

917.40443 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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