A Walk in the Woods

by Bill Bryson

Paperback, 350 pages

English language

Published July 1, 1998 by Black Swan.

ISBN:: 978-0-552-99702-7

(8 reviews)

Bill Bryson describes his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend "Stephen Katz". 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.

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Hank G (BookWyrm) reviewed A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Delightful read of a "normal" person's AT Thru hike Attempt

4 stars

I read this book back in the 1990s when I went to college near a segment of the Appalachian Trail. The idea of thru-hiking the 2200 miles of it seemed incredible to me. Someone recently brought the book up. As we chatted I realized I remember almost none of it, including some big parts of it. So I'm reading it again. This is not a how-to. This is almost a how-to not because this is a city slicking middle aged writer doing this attempt. That's probably what makes it so relatable. It's even been turned into a movie. Parts of it will tempt you to try it. Parts of it will dissuade you from ever hiking again. It was overall an easy entertaining read.

dataentry reviewed A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (Bill Bryson and Stephen Katz, #2)

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3 stars

I didn't know much of anything about the Appalachian trail other than it exists. This book gave me a light and sometimes comical introduction to it. It wasn't the best book I've read, but I don't think I wasted my time either.