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| A Walk in the Woods | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Black Swan, London
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 4513
Media: Paperback
Pages: 350
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0552997021
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780552997027
ASIN: 0552997021
Publication Date: July 1, 1998
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Bill Bryson has made a living out of travelling and then writing about it. In The Lost Continent he re-created the road trips of his childhood; in Neither Here nor There he retraced the route he followed as a young backpacker traversing Europe. When this American transplant to Britain decided to return home, he made a farewell walking tour of the British countryside and produced Notes from a Small Island. Once back on American soil and safely settled in New Hampshire, Bryson once again hears the siren call of the open road--only this time it's a trail. The Appalachian Trail, to be exact. In A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson tackles what is, for him, an entirely new subject: the American wilderness. Accompanied only by his old college friend Stephen Katz, Bryson starts out one March morning in north Georgia, intending to walk the entire 2,100 miles to the trail's end atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. If nothing else, A Walk in the Woods is proof positive that the journey is the destination. As Bryson and Katz haul their out-of-shape, middle-aged bodies over hill and dale, the reader is treated to both a very funny personal memoir and a delightful chronicle of the trail, the people who created it, and the places it passes through. Whether you plan to make a trip like this one yourself one day or only care to read about it, A Walk in the Woods is a great way to spend an afternoon. --Alix Wilber
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 What a fantastic read! April 21, 2008
I'm not a big reader and had never before read a Bill Bryson book but was bought this for Christmas by my parents. I took it with me on holiday as essential beach reading and as soon as I started it, found it VERY hard to put down.
Bryson's writing style is easy to read and extremely entertaining whilest being factual and informative.
I have now started to read his 'Down Under' book and am quick becoming a big Bill Bryson fan!
 Nice, enjoyable, fairly light March 24, 2008
Not as many laughs out loud as some of his others, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.
MORE OF A MARATHON - ENJOY! December 28, 2007
Bill Bryson takes us on a marathon trek on the highways and byways of the Appalacian Trail with his out of condition middle aged body and that of Katz his physically challenged friend. Luckily for them and us, they didn`t have the slightest idea of what they were in for before they set out - meeting interesting characters on the way and having several out of the body experiences. Bill manages to keep our interest to the end in a thoroughly entertaining read which moves much faster than the aching bodies of the two protagonists!
Mick Drake author of the the comic novel All`s Well at Wellwithoute
How NOT to walk the Appalachian Trail October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a Bryson fan since a British friend gave me a copy of "The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America" years ago -- what, I wonder, was his point??
"A Walk in the Woods" is more entertaining if you've read "Notes from a Small Island" (1997). In that book, Bryson takes a walking trip around Britain, his home of nearly 20 years, before returning to live in the States. When you walk around Britain, you can take the train on the hard bits and have a pub meal and bed every night if you like.
The irony, then, of Bryson comparing the Appalachian Trail to that experience!
"A Walk in the Woods" is a laughing-out-loud book but as usual with Bryson, his writing is well researched and the informative parts are presented in an offbeat and personal way -- without detracting from their clarity. His reconnection with American social and environmental history is well presented
This book is an object lesson on how NOT to undertake a project like the AT -- yet it almost makes you believe you could do it! Or at least that you owe it to yourself to try.
Who needs therapy when you can read this. May 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is better than comfort food and much less fattening. If ever I feel a bit down, I pick this up and re-read it. It totally takes me out of myself while I'm reading it. His humour is spot on and he gives a real sense of the challenge they took on. I just love this book and if ever I had to pick one book only to read it would be this one, it's not an intellectual book, it's not a pretentious book that you feel you 'should' read, it's just a warm, well written bit of time out from life and I think it's fab!
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