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  1. Stephen Katz Was Played By Nick Nolte. In A Walk in the Woods, Bryson's wife, Catherine (whose real name is Cynthia Billen), pushed him to have someone join him on the trail. Bryson picked Katz ...

  2. Aug 6, 2023 · By Vick Mickunas – Contributing Writer. ... It was the story of Bryson’s hike along the Appalachian Trail with his buddy “Stephen Katz.” The two men had been chums since they were ...

  3. 910.4092 B 22. LC Class. G154.5.B79 A3 2006. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared ...

  4. Oct 18, 2005 · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steve Katz (born May 1935) is an American writer. He is considered an early post-modern or avant-garde writer for works such as The Exagggerations of Peter Prince (1968), and Saw (1972). His collection of stories, Creamy & Delicious (1970), was mentioned in Larry McCaffery's list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century where it was named "The ...

  5. Jun 8, 2021 · Perhaps most significant for the success of the book, the dejected, sullen Angerer transformed into the hilariously grumpy Stephen Katz. A Walk in the Woods became something of a buddy comedy. Bryson had initially drafted a more realistic picture of Angerer/ Katz but came to the conclusion that such a downer of a character would sink the book.

  6. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. by Bill Bryson. 4.06 · 411,568 Ratings · 22,218 Reviews · published 1998 · 175 editions. The Appalachian Trail stretches from Georgia to Ma…. Want to Read. Rate it: Bill Bryson's travels and stories featuring his pseudonymised high school friend, Stephen Katz. Neither ...

  7. Sep 3, 2015 · A Walk in the Woods, about Bryson's trek along the Appalachian Trail with his childhood buddy Stephen Katz, became a bestseller after it was published in 1998, propelling Bryson to travel-writer fame.

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