A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson, has been praised by the New York Times bestseller. A division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc published this book in 1998. It has a total of two hundred seventy-six pages and costs twenty-five dollars for a hardcover or fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents for a paperback. Which is overall a substantial amount for this read.

A Walk in the Woods tells a true story of two old friends who decide to hike the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail. Stephen Katz is Bill Bryson's friend from Iowa who is also very unfit for the hike but joins Bryson none-the-less. These men struggle on their journey and stop whenever they come across a hotel or restaurant. They meet some out of the ordinary characters on their hike too.

Bryson uses modern sarcasm and humor through the dialogue of his characters. His quality of...