A Walk In The Woods - Bill Bryson

A Walk In The Woods

The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike

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Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2015
Black Swan (Verlag)
978-1-78416-144-6 (ISBN)
11,55 inkl. MwSt
'Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.' New York Times

In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world.

Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the occasional chuckling murderer and - perhaps most alarming of all - people whose favourite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the external-frame backpack.

Facing savage weather, merciless insects, unreliable maps and a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go to a motel and watch The X-Files, Bryson gamely struggled through the wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors.

A Walk in the Woods is now a major feature film starring Robert Redford, Emma Thompson and Nick Offerman.

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and was the biggest selling non-fiction book of its decade in the UK. His new book The Body: A Guide for Occupants is an extraordinary exploration of the human body which will have you marvelling at the form you occupy. Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005–2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Bryson
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 197 mm
Gewicht 237 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10 1-78416-144-6 / 1784161446
ISBN-13 978-1-78416-144-6 / 9781784161446
Zustand Neuware
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