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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

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This well-known travel writer with a particular brand of smoothly written wit returned to his native United States after 20 years in Great Britain and decided to rediscover America by backpacking -- sort of, very sort of -- on the Appalachian Trail with another overweight 40-something.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publish Date: May 4th, 1999
  • Pages: 304
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Bound for Schoo - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.18in - 5.38in - 1.08in - 0.77lb
  • EAN: 9780613225786
  • Recommended age: 00-NA
  • Categories: • Essays & Travelogues• United States - Northeast - General• United States - South - East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

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Praise for this book

"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". -- New York Times Book Review