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	• A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson Anchor, 2006 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Walk through Life

You would think that a story of walking the Appalachian Trail would be pretty boring ... 'we walked up the hill then back down the other side' ... but Bill Bryson's version is anything but. Yes, he was on the trail, but his story-telling is of the land, the people, the history, and everything in between. A great book for anyone, highly recommended, now that I think about it, I ought to read it again ...

Always breezy, sometimes laugh out loud funny

Dying is easy, comedy is hard as the saying goes. Humorous writing is probably even harder than comedy, and even a really funny story usually flattens out in print. That said, this is pretty good stuff, and was occassionally Thurber-like in it's understated hyperbole- (if there is such a thing). Humor, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but personally I found the book nice to look at.

It is, as the title might make you guess, the story of Bryson and his walk over large chunks of the AT. He corrals an old bud from the old days, a friend who toured Europe some 20 odd years ago with him and who has been in a bit of a downward spiral ever since. To me his companion made the book, adding an everyman quality, a comic relief, and a very sympathetic character with a lot of emotional depth all at once. Kind of picture a less obnoxious if less lovable John Candy from Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Not exactly a ton happens on the trail- it's not the north woods, or the Amazon, or some rebel infested region of the Phillipines, so the drama is more timid and is less about the perils of wild beasts and killers and more about the perils of poor hygiene. Be that as it may, it is the woods, and it is remote, and it's nice to get away from it all, if only vicariously.

I hope it's clear that I liked the book pretty well, and although I'd not put it down as a classic or anything, it's more than worth the few hours it takes to read it, and I'm pretty sure you'll find it entertaining at the least.

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Hilarious

Bill Bryson, with a wit and writing style formed during his years in England, is simply the greatest travel writer around. Light-hearted and fun to read, this is a fantastic tale of an out-of-shape guy who attempts to hike the trail with a long lost "friend" who happens to be a recovering alcoholic. Bryson does a great job of explaining the difficulties associated with such a task while entertaining his audience with his descriptions of everything that can kill or maim you on the Appalachian Trail. Mixed throughout is a little history and science that provides a little extra meaning to the story.

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Milk WILL come out of your nose!!!

Yes, yes, you will laugh uproariously when you read this book! I've read it twice, and still can't believe how hilarious (and informative) it is.

Oh, Bill, I just love you!

Yea !! He walked it, well almost ~

Wonderful walking memoir..In my next life, something I would love to do in part...so this was the next best thing..Such a book can run a risk of being tedious..long winded..Not this book, a rapid read, entertaining and informative all the way..He's not Patrick Mcmanus as a writer, but then he doesn't write ficton..

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