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The book starts with Bryson explaining his curiosity about the Appalachian Trail near his house. He and his old friend Stephen Katz start hiking the trail from Georgia in the South, and stumble in the beginning with the difficulties of getting used to their equipment; Bryson also soon realizes how difficult it is to travel with his friend, who is a crude, overweight recovering alcoholic, and ...
Made in America (UK) / Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (U.S.) 4 July 1994: Language: Notes from a Small Island: 4 April 1995: Travel: Adapted for television by Carlton Television in 1998 A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail: 1 November 1997: Travel
British English and North American English, the two major varieties of the language, are together spoken by 400 million people. The total number of English speakers worldwide may exceed one billion. [32] There have been attempts to predict future English evolution, though they have been met with skepticism. [33]
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature is an encyclopedia of literary criticism that was published by Cambridge University Press between 1907 and 1921. [1] Edited and written by an international panel of 171 leading scholars and thinkers of the early twentieth century, its 18 volumes comprise 303 chapters and more than 11,000 ...
William Joseph Long (3 April 1867 [1] – 1952) was an American writer, naturalist and minister. He lived and worked in Stamford, Connecticut as a minister of the First Congregationalist Church . As a naturalist, he would leave Stamford every March, often with his son, Brian, and two daughters, Lois and Cesca, to travel to "the wilderness" of ...
A Walk in the Woods may refer to: A Walk in the Woods, a 1998 book by Bill Bryson; A Walk in the Woods, a 2015 film by Ken Kwapis, based on Bryson's book; A Walk in the Woods, a 1988 play by Lee Blessing
Made in America is a nonfiction book by Bill Bryson describing the history of the English language in the United States and the evolution of American culture. [1]
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Noah Webster wrote what was known as the American Spelling Book, or the Blue Backed Speller, which would become one of the most influential books in the history of the English language, Webster's Dictionary. This dictionary created simpler spellings, eliminating the "u" in words like "colour" and ...