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Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream

Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream

by Bill Bryson (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1999

    $3.42

  • Used

    Hardcover 1999

    $17.30
Synopsis

From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his opinions and standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England, he is now back on the other side of the pond, and is obviously having a little trouble finding his true American self again. After vigorous exercise on the Appalachian Trail comes this edited collection of Bryson's most splenetic comic pieces culled from his humorous regular column in the Mail on Sunday.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 16 Sep 1999
ISBN 10: 0552997862
ISBN 13: 9780552997867
Book Overview: Bill Bryson's hilarious return to live the American Dream.

Media Reviews
One of his best books -- Scott Bradfield Independent Delightful bite-size essays that exude affection while debunking the ridiculous with wonderful succinctness... This is not a book to be read in a single sitting. It is one to be savoured -- Martin Fletcher The Times Bill Bryson's answer to Alistair Cooke's Letter From America...not only hilarious but also insightful and informative -- Jeremy Atiyah Independent on Sunday Bryson is great when explaining the idiosyncracies of America to middle England and making it funny... He is both serious and contemtuously funny Guardian
Author Bio
Bill Bryson is much loved for his bestselling travel books, from The Lost Continent to Down Under, but Notes from a Small Island has earned a particularly special place in the nation's heart (a national poll for World Book Day in 2003 voted it the book that best represents Britain). His acclaimed A Short History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. He has now returned to live in the UK with his wife and family. www.billbryson.co.uk