NEW YORK TIMESย BESTSELLERย โขย The classic chronicle of a โterribly misguided and terribly funnyโ (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author ofย A Short History of Nearly Everythingย andย The Body
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โThe best way of escaping into nature.โโThe New York Timesย
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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 lakesโand 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.ย
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For a start thereโs the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. Butย A Walk in the Woodsย is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Brysonโs 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 Americaโs last great wilderness. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration,ย A Walk in the Woodsย is a modern classic of travel literature.
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