As you might expect, Bill Bryson was thrilled when the rights to his memoir, A Walk in the Woods, were purchased by Robert Redford back in 2005. A Walk in the Woods , about Bryson's trek along the ...

“A Walk in the Woods,” based on Bill Bryson’s beloved 1998 memoir, is destined to be compared to last year’s “Wild.” It’s easy to understand why. Both chronicle the trials and ...

When Bill Bryson's travelogue "A Walk in the Woods" came out in 1998, it landed almost instantly on the New York Times bestseller list.The word of mouth was epidemic: This book is hilarious.

In the film A Walk in the Woods, Robert Redford portrays Bill Bryson, an aging author who decides to try and hike the 2,000-plus miles of the Appalachian Trail from start to finish. Joining Bryson ...

Bill Bryson, who wrote the book version of A Walk In The Woods, is one of my favorite travel writers, an eccentricish character with a keen eye for people and place, an easy charm, and that ...

“A Walk in the Woods,” a humorous account of travel writer Bill Bryson’s hike along the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, is the 2010 “Read Along the Lakeshore” book selection.

Either that, or the real Bryson has lived a sitcom life. After attending a funeral, Bill goes for a walk and is inspired to hike the Appalachian Trail, a trip on which concerned wife (Emma ...

This photo provided by Broad Green Pictures shows, Robert Redford as Bill Bryson, in the film, "A Walk in the Woods." The movie releases in U.S. theaters on Sept. 2, 2015. (Frank Masi, SMPSP/Broad ...

'A Walk in the Woods' by Bill Bryson Leslie, a middle-school teacher who listens to WETA in Washington, D.C., said she had no time for grown-up books until she pulled Bryson's hiking memoir off ...

T&C: Where were you in life at the time that you wrote A Walk in the Woods?. Bryson: In 1995 went back to the U.S. with my family, after living away from America for almost 20 years, and we ...