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" The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : "
Bill Bryson.
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BL
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956375
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b710745
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| Main Entry
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Bryson, Bill.
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The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : : a memoir /\ Bill Bryson.
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New York :: Broadway Books,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (x, 270 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0767926315
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0739482939
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076791936X
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0767919378
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9780739482933
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9780767919364
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9780767919371
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
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| Contents
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Hometown -- Welcome to kid world -- Birth of a superhero -- The age of excitement -- The pursuit of pleasure -- Sex and other distractions -- Boom! -- School days -- Man at work -- Down on the farm -- What, me worry? -- Out and about -- The public years -- Farewell.
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Bill 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 funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for 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 wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy--From publisher description.
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Bryson, Bill.
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Bryson, Bill.
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Travel writers-- United States, Biography.
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Personal Memoirs.
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Travel writers.
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West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)
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Dagelijks leven.
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Iowa (staat)
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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910.4092
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G154.5.B79A3 2006eb
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15.85bcl
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