Walk About

图书标准信息

• 作者 Bill Bryson 著
• 出版社 Transworld Hardbacks
• 出版时间 2002-10
• ISBN 9780385604833
• 定价 194.10元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 699页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Combinedinoneblock-busterofanomnibusnowareBryson'sDownUnder,anaccountofhismemorablewalkacrossAustralia,andtheirresistiblyfunnyAWalkintheWoods,thattellsofhislengthystrollintheAppalachianmountainsofAmerica,withhisoldfriendStephenKatz.BillBrysontraversedthelengthandbreadthofAustraliatobringusDownUnder.Ahouseholdname,synonymouswithlaugh-out-loudhumour,sniggering,andoutburstsofchortling,DownUnderiswhat'scommonlyknownastheperennialclassic.Intheverysamevolumeisastoryofhiswalkdownthelongestcontinuousfootpathintheworld.TheAppalachianTrailstretchesalongtheEastCoastoftheUnitedStates,fromGeorgiatoMaine,throughsomeofthemostarrestingandcelebratedlandscapesinAmerica-theSmokyMountains,ShenandoahNationalPark,theBerkshireHillsofMassachusettsandtheGreatNorthWoodsofMaine.Readthemboth,now,together.

【作者简介】

BillBrysonwasborninDesMoines,Iowa,in1951.HesettledinEnglandin1977,andlivedformanyyearswithhisEnglishwifeandfourchildreninNorthYorkshire.HeandhisfamilynowliveinAmerica.HeisthebestsellingauthorofTheLostContinent,MotherTongue,NeitherHereNorThere,MadeinAmerica,NotesFromaSmallIsland,AWalkintheWoods,NotesFromaBigCountryandDownUnder.