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  • Paperback: 350 pages
  • Publisher: Black Swan, London; paperback / softback edition (1 July 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552997021
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552997027
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 8,069 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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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From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in America.
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4.0 out of 5 stars At his absolute best... for a while!, 16 May 2001
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This review is from: A Walk in the Woods (Paperback)
Having read all of Bill Bryson's travel books, this was the last one left. I hadn't read this because I had been told it was one of his weaker novels but I decided, through no other reason that I needed a hit of Bryson, to read it. People couldn't have been more wrong. From the very initiation of assesing the feasibility, to arranging for Katz to accompany him to the purchasing of his equipment (the careful selection process and how easy it is for us to get blinded by science - ie ripped off) and the purchase of 'a large knife for killing bears and hillibillies.' Bryson is at his absolute best. His encounters along the trail and Katz anti-social, childish antics make the first 150 pages more than laugh out loud funny. I couldn't have been more suprised. The encounter with the, erm... 'bear' and Katz' reaction compared to the wimpy Bryson is simply classic.

And then halfway through it stops.

They leave the trail to take some time off and from then on, I tried hard but it never seemed to pick up again, it was funny but you no longer felt you were joining you old mate Bill on this adventure, but just reading a somewhat disjointed collection of tales. Also, after they leave the trail, the book becomes bogged down in history which some may like, but personally, I was more interested in the humor which in the second half is often lacking. However, halfway through this book, I can guarantee theat you will have contemplated at least once, trying to walk the trail - even just a part of it! If flabby, smoking, unhealthy eating Billy boy can do it, I'll bet you I can!

Still, Bryson is and always will be in my mind, a pure genius and this book is well worth the money even just for the first 150 pages and maybe it was just me, no-one else seems to have found this a problem - maybe I'm just thick!

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully funny, 4 Sep 2006
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Two chracteristics that are fantastic to have are humour and wit and Bill Bryson has them in abundance. To write humour with such a comanding voice is an admirable quality indeed. The book is well written, planned, informative and funny.
My only comment is that towards the end the geographical, historical and geological information became a bit repetitive and I did find my interest waning. Aside from this it is another solid effort from a fantastic author.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It, 11 Jan 2005
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I am a great Bill Bryson fan, and I loved reading this book.
Although, to tell the truth, it was so realistic that I felt I was camping out with him. I felt so relieved when he finally reached a decent place to spend the night, or when he found a supermarket where he stocked up on mostly junk food.
My heart went out to Katz, who stoically brought up the rear (and sometimes the front).
I tell you, I felt as if I walked every inch of that way with them and I was very happy when it finally got to the end. I was exhausted.
I felt I had to go the whole way with him, otherwise he might never make it!
If you don't want to get exhausted, worried about being attacked by bears, poisoned by mice dung or just plain lose your way or starve, go for some lighter Bryson reading where he gets in a car and travels somewhere relatively safe (like Britain).
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2.0 out of 5 stars Read the first half then abandon
The first part of this book seems interesring enough about a trail across the US with an old friend who makes a reappearance from an older book Neither here nor there... Read more
Published 1 month ago by B Murphy

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Even Think About it
The Appalachian trail is a footpath that stretches for almost 2000 miles down the Eastern side of the United States. Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. M. Sinstadt

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad just doesn't sound bad enough
The funniest part is where he describes the bear attack research in the first few chapters.

The rest of the book is horrible, everything is contrived and Bill just... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul M

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
One of his best, incredibly funny but lots of interesting facts and figures at the same time.
Published 2 months ago by Loris

3.0 out of 5 stars A Walk in the Woods
The first part was a very enjoyable read, up to when Katz departed, it then lost most of its impact. Will I re-read it? Maybe not!
Published 8 months ago by Anthony B. Cummings

5.0 out of 5 stars On the trail with Bill + Katz
There is a scene where Katz does the unthinkable to the previous night's fellow residents in a hut along the Appalachian Trail which is as funny a scene as I've ever read in a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. R. T. Pflaum

4.0 out of 5 stars funny, informative and a good deterrant from doing the AT!
I read "Notes on a Small Island" years ago and it was one of the few books that repeatedly made me laugh out loud. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Joanne

3.0 out of 5 stars A likeable journey
We started off brightly, making good progress through an appealing landscape. About halfway through, however, we appeared to lose our path and progress became sporadic, and the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tom Goodfellow

5.0 out of 5 stars A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
This is one of my very favourite books. It's informative and very funny and extremely well read if you buy the audio version.
Published 16 months ago by Gilly Flower

5.0 out of 5 stars You can't put it down
One of the greatest books Bryson ever wrote. His way of writing makes you feel like you are part of it.
Published 17 months ago by CyprusNIC

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