I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away. by Bill Bryson ISBN 13: 9780553456509

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. For twenty years he lived in England, where he worked for the Times and the Independent , and wrote for most major British and American publications. His books include travel memoirs ( Neither Here Nor There; The Lost Continent; Notes from a Small Island ) and books on language ( The Mother Tongue; Made in America ). His account of his attempts to walk the Appalachian Trail, A Walk in the Woods , was a huge New York Times bestseller. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and his four children.