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May 4, 1998 · A WALK IN THE WOODS. by Bill Bryson ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 4, 1998. “Walking is what we did,” Bryson states: 800-plus out of the 2,100-plus miles, and that good sliver is sheer comic travel... The Appalachian Trail—from Springer Mountain, Ga., to Mount Katahdin, Me.—consists of some five million steps, and Bryson ( Notes from a Small ...
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by Bill Bryson. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: First Published: Jun 1998, 274 pages. Paperback: May 1999, 255 pages. Genres. Rate this book. Buy This Book. About this Book. Summary. Excerpt. Book Summary. An adventure, a comedy, a lament, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is destined to become a modern classic of travel literature.
May 5, 1998 · 1,263 reviews 2,400 followers. January 15, 2018. In "A Walk in the Woods", Bryson narrates his experiences on the Appalachian Trail which stretches 2000+ miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, passing through eleven states and populated with all kinds of peril imaginable. As Bryson says.
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"A Walk in the Woods" is a funny book, full of dry humor in the native-American grain. It is also a serious book. Nothing really terrible happened to the author, but by playing on our...
A Walk In the Woods was named by CNN as the funniest travel book ever written. A review in The New York Times stated that readers, "may find themselves turning the pages with increasing amusement and anticipation as they discover that they're in the hands of a satirist of the first rank". [16]
- Bill Bryson
- 274 pp (first edition)
- 1997
- 5 May 1998
Jan 1, 1997 · Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in). Show more. 320 pages, Hardcover. Published January 1, 1997. Book details & editions. About the author. bill-bryson. 5 books. Follow. Friends & Following.
—The New York Times Book Review “A terribly misguided and terribly funny tale of adventure…choke-on-your-coffee funny.” —The Washington Post Book World “A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book.” —The Boston Globe