A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson$32.98
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A CLASSIC FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "ONE SUMMER
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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 becomea modern classic of travel literature."
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 05/04/1999
ISBN: 9781613839027
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 35586 / Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Reading Level: 7.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16
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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 becomea modern classic of travel literature."
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: 05/04/1999
ISBN: 9781613839027
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 35586 / Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Reading Level: 7.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16