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A Walk in the Woods

Bryson’s acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America’s last great wilderness.

Travelogue

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, returns to the United States after living in England for two decades.

Travelogue

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson, chronicling his 14,000-mile (22,495-km) trip around the United States in the autumn of 1987 and spring 1988 in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of smiling village where the movies from his youth were set.

Travelogue

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