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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Hardcover - 1998

by Bill Bryson


About this book

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail is a 1998 book by travel writer Bill Bryson describing his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing ticks, the occasional chuckling murderer, and - perhaps most alarming of all - people whose favorite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external frame backpack. 

Facing savage weather, merciless insects, unreliable maps, and a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel and watch The X-Files, Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors. The book is written in a humorous style, interspersed with more serious discussions of matters relating to the trail's history, and the surrounding sociology, ecology, trees, plants, animals, and people.


From the publisher

A laugh-out-loud account of an outrageously rugged hike--by the beloved comic author of Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island. Published in the 75th anniversary year of the Appalachian Trail. Father's Day merchandising.

First Edition Identification

Broadway Books published a First Printing, First Edition in New York, 1998. The hardcover is characterized by tan and green cover over boards with gold lettering and design on the spine. Green inside covers, front and back. Blind stamp insignia of the publisher on the upper right corner of the front board. 


Doubleday published a First Edition Canadian hardcover in Toronto, 1999.


Doubleday published a First Edition hardcover in London, 2000. 


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  • Title A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
  • Author Bill Bryson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, New York
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780767902519 / 0767902513
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.57 x 5.96 x 1 in (24.31 x 15.14 x 2.54 cm)
  • Reading level 1210
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97032627
  • Dewey Decimal Code 917.404
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