Format:
Book
Author:
Bryson, Bill.
Title:
A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail / Bill Bryson.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Broadway Books, ©1998.
Description:
276 pages : map ; 25 cm
Summary:
Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.
Following his return to 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 Bryson's comic genius, it also provides endless opportunities to test his own powers of ineptitude and to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings. For a start there's his gloriously out-of-shape buddy from Iowa who accompanies the similarly unfit Bryson on the trail. Mile by arduous mile these latter-day pioneers survive the threat of bear attacks, the loss of key provisions, a gang of Ralph Lauren-attired yuppies, and a security guard who, for no reason, impounds Bryson's car. But Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this fragile and beautiful 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, a lament, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is a modern classic of travel literature.--Adapted from book jacket.
Subjects:
Bryson, Bill -- Travel -- Appalachian Trail.
Natural history -- Appalachian Trail.
Appalachian Trail -- Description and travel.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276).
LCCN:
97032627
ISBN:
0767902513
9780767902519
9780767902526
0767902521
9780307279460
Other Number:
37903447
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
957272
Call Number:
917.404 Bryson
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