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 enlarge | Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  286 reviews
Sales Rank: 6339
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060920084
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.30492
EAN: 9780060920081
ASIN: 0060920084
Publication Date: September 12, 1990
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Condition: used-remainder mark on page edges-pages 155-170 have corner torn off-cover and some pages are creased-back cover and last few pages have large slices from unpacking
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 An accurate view of America February 17, 1997
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As an American living abroad for the past 12 years, I feel Bryson's book took the words out of my mouth! You have to be an American revisiting your own country after years away before you can truly understand the absolute brilliance of his writing and observations
The funniest book I have ever read. January 12, 1997
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bill Bryson's travelogue of the United States can be best described as a side-splitter. Like many of the others who have reviewed this book for Amazon, I found myself reading it out loud to anyone who was close by. A great way to make friends at crowded airports. This is the tale of Bryson's travels as a young adult with many references to his childhood experiences in Iowa doing such things as traveling on summer vacation with his parents and sister. While the book has a definite Iowa slant, his experiences are so universal that they will be enjoyed by all. What man has not wondered why the nubile cuties of his youth look as if they had swallowed airmattresses 10 or 15 years later. Bryson is cynical, jaded, snide and sentimental all at the same time. A good book for anyone who has traveled to Boston, Washington DC and particularly good for anyone with Iowa roots. And, by the way, his mother seems to be still alive and well - I saw an article in the Des Moines Register recently with her byline
A Book Full Of Cheer! December 7, 1996
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As an avid "road-tripper" across the United States, I found Bryson'a account to be both accurate and hysterically funny at the same time. My husband and I actually spent several weeks reading chapters aloud to one another each night before going to sleep. I passed the book on to several friends who had not travelled to many of the places Bryson explores, but who came back to me with high praises nevertheless. For anyone who truly appreciates the distinctly different flavors of our nation's cities and regions, this book is a pure treasure. Thanks to Bryson, those of us who have been to Des Moines, Boston, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, can relive many of our own observations at the time. And, for those who haven't been to all these places yet, Bryson seems to give just enough description to make you desire to experience it all first hand. Delightful
Excellent and side-splittingly funny October 28, 1996
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The first page is enough to set you up for what it is to come. The author's accounts of recreating the journeys that he made as a child around various parts of the USA strike up such clear and hilarious images. Well written and the best of his whole output so far IMHO
One of the funniest travel books on the market; May 29, 1996
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Bill Bryson presents theanatomy of the North American continent in a manner which geography and history teachers would do well to adopt, a manner which would lead to an immense upsurge in popularity of these subjects in our schools and colleges. Through the irreverance and the joviality one is made to not only appreciate the "soul" of this vast continent but also to enthuse about its vitality and amazing diversity. Readers are seriously warned not to be caught reading this book in crowded places (airport lounges, planes, railway stations, etc.) as they are liable to burst out with loud guffaws at regular intervals...guffaws which might land one in trouble with puzzled on-lookers. Readers with weak stomach muscles should also avoid this book...bellyful of laughter is likely to lead to medical complaints!
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