The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
by Bill Bryson
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0552772542
- ISBN 13
- 9780552772549
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Random House. Very Good. 153 x 199 x 27mm. Paperback. 2007. 403 pages. <br>Bill Brysonâe(tm)s first travel book opened with t he immortal line, âe~I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.âe(t m) In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in t ime to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America. It was a happy time, when almost everyt hing ... .
Synopsis
The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability to vaporize people.
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- bookexpress.co.nz (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 622w
- Title
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0552772542
- ISBN 13
- 9780552772549
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- biography:, general,autobiography:, general,memoirs,contemporary, fiction
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