FA: Walkabout by Bill Bryson 2 Books in One HB/DJ
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Two Classic Bryson Bestsellers in one Volume
A Walk In The Woods and Down Under
Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods sees Bill Bryson on his home turf, hiking the
Appalachian Trail. The world’s longest continuous footpath, it covers
fourteen states and over 2,000 miles, snaking through some of the wildest
and most arresting landscapes in America as well as some of the most
poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. A reluctant adventurer if
there ever was one, Bryson struggles through the wilderness to achieve a
lifetime’s ambition -- not to die outdoors.
In Down Under Bryson takes a trip to the world’s largest island, Australia,
and promptly falls in love with the country. And who can blame him? The
people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging; their
cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is
excellent, the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t
get much better than this.
Doubleday, London England, 2000, first printing, 543 pages, 6 ½" x 9 ½",
blue boards with gold lettering on spine, dust jacket.
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Auction closes 5/18/04.