A Walk in the Woods
Author: Bill Bryson
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780552997027 can be found here.From the author of “Notes from a Small Island” and “The Lost Continent” comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail is the longest continuous footpath in the world, and it snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in America…..Read More
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