It was all that to be sure, but what I found unexpectedly was an education about the wilderness and its surroundings. Most of what I had heard about Bryson’s book was it’s laugh-a-minute tone about two buffoons who entered this grand task totally unprepared. An adventure, a comedy, and a celebration - A Walk in the Woods is all of the above. Bryson’s acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America’s last great wilderness. But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud trek. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes - and to a writer with the comic timing of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.įor a start there’s the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the hike, the primary foil for Bryson’s wit. Posted by Jeff on 1:49 pm in Book Reviews, Reviews | 0 comments | Last modified: MaRediscovering America on the Appalachian Trailīack in the United States after 20 years in Great Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by hiking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine.
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