Reviews
"Choke-on-your-coffee funny." --"The Washington Post Book World" "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." --"The New York Times Book Review" "A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --"The Boston Globe" "From the Trade Paperback edition.", " Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag." - "The Philadelphia Inquirer" " Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like "A Walk in the Woods."" - "The New York Times" " A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny." - "The Washington Post" " Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." - "Chicago Sun-Times" " Delightful." - "The Plain Dealer" " It's great adventure, on a human sacle, with survuivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." - "Times Picayune", "Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods ."- The New York Times "A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny." - The Washington Post "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." - Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful." - The Plain Dealer "It's great adventure, on a human scale, with survivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." - Times Picayune, "Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag." The Philadelphia Inquirer "Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book likeA Walk in the Woods."The New York Times "A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny." The Washington Post "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful." The Plain Dealer "It's great adventure, on a human sacle, with survuivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." Times Picayune, "Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods ."- The New York Times "A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny." - The Washington Post "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." - Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful." - The Plain Dealer "It's great adventure, on a human scale, with survivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." - Times Picayune, "Choke-on-your-coffee funny." --The Washington Post Book World "Bryson is . . . great company right from the start--a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry." --The New York Times Book Review "A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book." --The Boston Globe, "Bryson is a very funny writer who could wring humor from a clammy sleeping bag." The Philadelphia Inquirer "Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods ." The New York Times "A terribly misguided, and terribly funny tale of adventure.... The yarn is choke-on-your-coffee funny." The Washington Post "Bill Bryson could write an essay about dryer lint or fever reducers and still make us laugh out loud." Chicago Sun-Times "Delightful." The Plain Dealer "It's great adventure, on a human sacle, with survuivable discomforts, and, happily, everybody goes home afterwards." Times Picayune
