Non- Fiction Annotation
Author:
Bill Bryson
Title:
A Walk in the Woods: rediscovering
America on the Appalachian Trail
Publication
Date: 1998
Pages:
276
Geographical
Location: Appalachian Trail
Time
Period:
Subject
Headings: Bryson, Bill, Travel,
Appalachian Trail.
Natural
history, Appalachian
Trail.
Appalachian
Trail, Description
and travel.
Summary:
Bill
Bryson and his friend Stephen Katz decide to hike the Appalachian
trail which is 2,200 miles, starting from Springer Mountain Georgia
to Mt.
Katahdin in Maine.
After purchasing gear at the local sports store they begin their
journey. Neither of them is experienced and they quickly learn they
packed their packs too heavy and the need to lighten their load. They
struggle along meeting other hikers along the way. They stop in the
Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg, TN. They decide to skip over the
Smokey's and start in Roanoke, Virgina. They end their journey at
Front Royal, Virginia. The plan is to return in the summer to hike
the Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness. In the meantime Bryson continues
to hike a little at a time. Then in August Katz and him return to
finish the Hundred Mile Wilderness. They have a scare when Katz
strays from the trail and is lost for two days. After reuniting they
decide they are done with their endeavour. The story is beautifully
told in a comical style that leave the reader engrossed in all the
details.
Reading
Elements: Comedy,
Compelling, Character-driven, Detailed, Moving
Similar
Works:
Eat Pray Love
Into
Thin Air
Into
the Wild
Under
the Tuscan Sun
Wild:
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Lost
Continent: Travels in Small Town America
Annotation:
Bill Bryson tells his story of his walk on the Appalachian Trail with
his friend. The story is comically told with little insights about
the hardships they faced in the wild.
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