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Being that I have alittle knowledge of the appalachian trail and have seen brown bears in Eastern Tennesse, Bryson's book was appealing. Although it was alittle unappetizing at the beginning, I was learning his wry sense of humor. I appreciated his honesty and hilarious and but perhaps at times seemingly fatalistic adventures with his good buddy.Though he never claims to have seen a brown bear during these times; he has experienced the applachian trail even though it was not to his initial expec
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Highly recommend the audio version. I thought his writings were candid about his AT walking buddy, Katz, and their experiences. He provides a lot of background history of the AT and his own musings. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I'm not sure why a lot of people are panning his experience. He walked 800 miles of the AT. He shared how they felt, what they saw, admired, or were saddened by. I walked part of the AT with our Scout Troop. A black diamond portion. We were totally unprepared and exhaus
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Kate Sands
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