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New York : Broadway Books, c1998.
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Essays. Travel. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML: The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America�majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you�re going to take a hike, it�s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide you�ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way�and a couple of bears. 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)..
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Bryson's breezy, self-mocking tone may turn off readers who hanker for another ''Into Thin Air'' or ''Seven Years in Tibet.'' Others, however, 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,
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one who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio. Show Less
[Bryson] was often exhausted, his ''brain like a balloon tethered with string, accompanying but not actually part of the body below.'' The reader, by contrast, is rarely anything but exhilarated. And you don't have to take a step.
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Original publication date
1998-05-05 (1e édition originale américaine, Doubeday)
2012-04-04 (1e édition originale française, Payot)
2013-05-02 (Réédition française, Petite bibliothèque, Payot)
Physical description
276 p.; 25 cm
ISBN
9780767902519