A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail | Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail | Bill Bryson | Absolutely Hilarious

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	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson Anchor, 2006 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 68 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A very good book not only for the fans of hiking

I found "A Walk in the Woods" my first encounter with Bill Bryson's books, a very enjoyable and educational read. I picked this particular book to start my acquaintance with him, because I like hiking and often explore parts of the Appalachian Trail (from New York to New Hampshire) myself.

Bryson writes with great sense of humor about his decision to walk the Appalachian Trail, the preparations, the choice of his walking companion (a hilarious figure of his old friend Steve Katz), the hike itself, with all its joys and troubles. The Trail is the dominating presence here, and although there is a lot of personality and jokes, the thoroughly researched information about the history of the Trail, the flora and fauna, the geographical, geological and meteorological conditions, is what I found most interesting. Especially, because it was written in a captivating manner. I loved the atmosphere Bryson created in this book.

Bryson's brisk style made me read his book from cover to cover almost without any stopping and I regretted only that it ended so quickly. The subject could easily have made the book nothing else than a guide, and only thanks to the sparkling, original prose it was so much more...

I appreciated the author's honesty when he admitted that he and Steve had many difficulties while walking the trail and found the initial task of walking the whole length of the trail impossible to accomplish. Since they skipped parts of the route were the ones I know best, I felt that there was no harm done and I was just encouraged to walk more of its Northern and Southern parts. I will definitely return to this book in future.

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Absolutely Hilarious

This book is definitely near the top of my favorites list. When you're not shrieking with laughter you are impressed by the little known facts about Americas wilderness. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a laugh or wants an interesting way to learn about the Appalachian Trail.

Great, hangs a bit just before the end

I love Bill Bryson's writing. I'm about 90% of the way thorugh this book of his about walking the appalacian trail. When I was in Australia I read his book abotu Australia, In A Sunburned Country and loved it. It's been a long time since I've laughed outloud as many times reading a book as I did sunburned country. I liked it so much I immediately bought several of his other books and read them. A walk in the woods is second in my opinion behind sunburned country. Most of it is very funny and informative especially when he's hiking with his long lost buddy, it does slowdown a bit just before the end. He leaves the trail and breaks the whole flow of the book.

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