The Lost Continent
Travels in Small-Town America
$26.31
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2016
Summary
Bill Bryson’s very first travel book, a sidesplittingly funny road trip around small town America.
‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to’
And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn’t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784161804 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784161802 |
| Author: | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 128mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Bryson |
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Critics Review
High-spirited… hilarious
High-spirited… hilarious * Observer *Hilarious… he can be suave, sarcastic and very funny… not your typical travel writer * Sunday Telegraph *Funny as this wonderful book is, it is also a serious indictment of the American way of life and the direction in which it is going… he is genuinely shocked, as we are, by the statistics of affluence, poverty, crime and culture that he drops in hither and thither * Irish Times *A very funny performance, littered with wonderful lines and memorable images * Literary Review *
About The Author
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and is the biggest selling non-fiction book of the 21st century. The Body- A Guide for Occupants was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and is an international bestseller. Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005-2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.
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