The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bryson, Bill
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 076791936X
- ISBN 13
- 9780767919364
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Synopsis
The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability to vaporize people.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034385
- Title
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 076791936X
- ISBN 13
- 9780767919364
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- HUMOR, MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY, FIRST EDITION, BILL BRYSON, 1950'S AMERICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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