Product DescriptionSoon to be a major motion picture starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte.
The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in Americamajestic mountains silent forests sparking lakes. If youre going to take a hike its probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaining guide youll 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 wayand 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).
Amazon.com ReviewBill Bryson has made a living out of traveling 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. Ac