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A Walk in the Woods

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Dec 19, 2018
This book sucked me in like a novel. It's a great tale about the author's summer hiking the Appalachian trail with his friend Katz, both equally out of shape and pretty much hiking beginners. This book made me laugh at every turn, with Bryson's wit and ability to describe the "characters" they meet along the way, including a few bears. Bryson's brand of humor is a bit snarky but good-natured. You get a sense of what it might be like to head out in the wilderness, meeting fellow hikers (all with their own nicknames) and longing for real food, which they sometimes enjoy on their stops into town. A wonderful jaunt into the travelogue genre, full of entertainment and information about the history and local ecology.