With narrator Ron McLarty’s superb performance, you can discover the America most people will never experience. As Bryson travels slowly on foot, he shares his breath-taking adventures and the fascinating history of the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail. Undaunted, he gathers his gear, says good-bye to his family, and sets off with a hiking companion even more unfit than himself. There he is bewildered by a startling array of equipment, all designed to keep him alive in the great outdoors. Annotation: A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint. Stocking up for his journey at the sporting goods store, Bryson suspects he is getting into a lot more than a simple walk. One reviewer called Bryson a satirist of the first rank, one who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owners manual for everybody. This best-selling book is his hilarious record of the dangers, quirky characters, and awe-inspiring scenery he encountered on his trek from Georgia to Maine. A Walk in the Woods was released in the United States in the spring of 1998, two years after Bryson and Angerer had set off from Springer Mountain, and it was a triumph. Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. When journalist and travel writer Bill Bryson returned to the United States after 20 years in England, he could think of only one way to reacquaint himself with his native country: hike the Appalachian Trail.
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