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  Notes from a Big Country (Black Swan) (Paperback) By (author) Bill Bryson

  

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  Short Description for Notes from a Big CountryAfter nearly two decades in England, Bill Bryson returned to the country of his birth. Gathered here are 18 months' worth of his "Mail on Sunday" columns about that strange phenomena, the American way of life, in which he brings his bemused wit to bear on one of the world's craziest countries.
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  • Publisher: Black Swan
  • Published: 05 June 1999
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Guidebooks | Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780552997867 ISBN 10: 0552997862
  • Sales rank: 10,079

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• Des Moines, Iowa born writer Bryson's first success was the travel book "The Lost Continent". After living in England for several years, he wanted to go back to the USA to find the perfect little US town of his past, he lovingly called Amalgam. More travel books followed, in the form of "Neither Here Nor There" (where he travels through Europe), "Notes From A Small Island" (where he travels around the United Kingdom, before returning back with his to the USA to live there for good) and "A Walk In The Woods" (where he walks the Appalachian trail). After moving back to the States, Bryson started to write a column for "The Mail on Sunday Night and Day" magazine. This is a collection of these column entries. Bryson writes about everything from everyday chores, to sueing people, the beach, TV, movies, air conditioners, college, Americana, injury dangers, wasting resources and holiday seasons.