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A Walk in the Woods (book)
A Walk in the Woods Front cover of the American paperback edition. Author Bill Bryson Illustrator David Cook Country United States Language English Subject Appalachian Trail Publisher Broadway Books Publication date 4 May 1998 Media type Hardcover Pages 274 pp (first edition) ISBN 0 - 7679 - 0251 - 3 OCLC 37903447 Dewey Decimal 917.404 / 43 21 LC Class F106. B92 1998
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Michael Bryson
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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A Quiet Place (film)
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Fridolin Arnault House
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Which county is the birth place of A Walk in the Woods's author located?
who wrote the book a walk in the woods
Bill Bryson
#1 >> place of birth
Des Moines
#2 >> located in the administrative territorial entity
Warren County