Walkabout - Hardcover

Bryson, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385604831 ISBN 13: 9780385604833

Publisher: Doubleday, 2002

Synopsis

Combined in one block-buster of an omnibus now are Bryson's Down Under, an account of his memorable walk across Australia, and the irresistibly funny A Walk in the Woods, that tells of his lengthy stroll in the Appalachian mountains of America, with his old friend Stephen Katz.

Bill Bryson traversed the length and breadth of Australia to bring us Down Under. A household name, synonymous with laugh-out-loud humour, sniggering, and outbursts of chortling, Down Under is what's commonly known as the perennial classic. In the very same volume is a story of his walk down 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 - the Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts and the Great North Woods of Maine.

Read them both, now, together.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A combined edition of two classic Bill Brysons - A WALK IN THE WOODS and DOWN UNDER.

About the Author:

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family then moved to America for a few years but have now returned to the UK. His the bestselling travel books include The Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor There,A Walk in the Woods and Down Under. He is also the author of the prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything, and his most recent book is The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385604831
• ISBN 13: 9780385604833
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544