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By Bill Bryson
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers As one of the best and funniFrom one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers and morons in his head as The Thunderbolt Kid Using this persona as a springboard, Bill Bryson re creates the life of his family and his native city in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality a life at once completely familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy It was, he reminds us, a happy time, when automobiles and televisions and appliances not to mention nuclear weapons grew larger and numerous with each passing year, and DDT, cigarettes, and the fallout from atmospheric testing were considered harmless or even good for you He brings us into the life
- Title: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
- Author: Bill Bryson
- ISBN: 9780767919364
- Page: 371
- Format: Hardcover
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid By Bill Bryson From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers As one of the best and funniFrom one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century 1951 in the middle of the United States Des Moines, Iowa in the middle of the largest generation in American history the baby boomers As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers and morons in his head as The Thunderbolt Kid Using this persona as a springboard, Bill Bryson re creates the life of his family and his native city in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality a life at once completely familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy It was, he reminds us, a happy time, when automobiles and televisions and appliances not to mention nuclear weapons grew larger and numerous with each passing year, and DDT, cigarettes, and the fallout from atmospheric testing were considered harmless or even good for you He brings us into the life
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Free Download The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - by Bill Bryson
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