AWalkintheWoods

PRAISE FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS “[Bryson is] great company from the start—a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and … Dave Barry. … [Readers] may find themselves turning the pages with increasing amusement and anticipation as they discover that they’re in the hands of a satirist of the first rank, who writes (and walks) with Chaucerian brio.” —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “The Appalachian Trail … consists of some five million steps, and Bryson manages to coax a laugh, and often an unexpectedly startling insight, out of every one he traverses…It is hard not to grin idiotically through all 304 pages … sheer comic entertainment.” —KIRKUS REVIEWS “Bill Bryson is an extremely funny man; the Appalachian Trail is an exceedingly magnificent place; and together they have created an exceedingly fine book. Also, it weighs less than a pound, which is important if you’re packing for a long hike.” —BILL MCKIBBEN “Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like Bill Bryson’s latest, A WALK IN THE WOODS. … [It is] a funny book, full of ......