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Non-Fiction · 2002 · PG

A Walk in the Woods

by Bill Bryson

Two middle-aged men tackle the Appalachian Trail — with predictably comic results.

God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts hi

For10+GenreNon-FictionLength276 pagesRead time~7.5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

Some

Mild crude language and humor from Katz

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Social drinking

Emotional Intensity

None

Themes of nature, friendship, and midlife adventure

What this book is about

Bryson's 1998 hiking memoir follows him and his old friend Stephen Katz through 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Features mild crude language and humor, social drinking, and very funny character writing. Appropriate for teens and adults.

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Mild crude language

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