A walk in the woods

By: Bill Bryson

Published by Crown, 1999-05-04

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER </b>• <b>The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (<i>The Washington Post</i>) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of <i>A Short History of Nearly Everything </i>and <i>The Body</i></b><br> <br><b>“The best way of escaping into nature.”—<i>The New York Times </i></b><br> <br>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. <br> <br>For a start there’s the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. But <i>A Walk in the Woods</i> 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, <i>A Walk in the Woods</i> is a modern classic of travel literature.<br> <br><b>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE</b>