1. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
He settles, with his family, in a small town in New Hampshire. While exploring his new habitat, he discovers a path at the edge of town and there is a sign saying "Appalachian Trail". ... In 1925, representatives from the leading hiking clubs met in Washington and founded the Appalachian Trail Conference with a view to having the trail connect Mount Mitchell in North Carolina to Mount Washington in New Hampshire (about 1200 miles). ... When the first Europeans arrived in the New World, there were perhaps 950 million acres of woodland in what would become the lower forty-eight states. .....
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- Grade Level: High School