The life and times of the thunderbolt kid
by Bryson, Bill.
Edition statement:Doubleday large print home library edition. Published by : Broadway Books, (New York :) Physical details: xi, 464 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN:9780739474914. Year: 2006| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| lp 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 910.4092 Bry (Browse shelf) | Available | Book Fund | 100857 |
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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.