A Walk in the Woods
(Sprache: Englisch)
The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in America.
At the age of forty-four, in the...
At the age of forty-four, in the...
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The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in America.At the age of forty-four, in the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There ), Bill Bryson set off to hike through the vast tangled woods which have been frightening sensible people for three hundred years. 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 alifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors.
Autoren-Porträt von Bill Bryson
Autoren-Porträt von Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson wurde 1951 in Des Moines,Iowa, geboren. 1977 ging er nach Großbritannien und schrieb dort mehrere Jahreu. a. für die Times und den Independent. Mit "Reif für die Insel"gelang Bryson, der zuvor bereits Reiseberichtegeschrieben hat, der ganz große Durchbruch. Seit 1987 widmet er sich ganz demSchreiben von Büchern. 1996 kehrte Bill Bryson mitseiner Familie in die USA, nach Hanover, New Hamsphire zurück.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Bill Bryson
- 1998, 368 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 12,8 x 20,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Black Swan
- ISBN-10: 0552997021
- ISBN-13: 9780552997027
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Choke-on-your-coffee funny" Washington Post "This is a seriously funny book" -- Sue Townsend The Sunday Times "Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods... Mr Bryson has met this challenge with zest and considerable humor... a funny book, full of dry humor... the reader is rarely anything but exhilarated" The New York Times "Entertaining and often illuminating" -- Paul Johnson Sunday Telegraph "Irreverent, wildly funny, crowded with anecdotes and observation" Ideal Home
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