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I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away

I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away

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I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away

by Bryson, Bill

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ISBN 10
0767903811
ISBN 13
9780767903813
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New York: Broadway Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A humorous account of an American spending twenty years in Britain and returning to America with his English family to discover all the changes and culture shifts - some quite hilarious - which he encounters and valiently struggles to survive and surmount. Hardcover with dust jacket, 288pp., book shows several small star stamps. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Synopsis

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. For twenty years he lived in England, where he worked for the Times and the Independent , and wrote for most major British and American publications. His books include travel memoirs ( Neither Here Nor There; The Lost Continent; Notes from a Small Island ) and books on language ( The Mother Tongue; Made in America ). His account of his attempts to walk the Appalachian Trail, A Walk in the Woods , was a huge New York Times bestseller. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and his four children.

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Bookseller
JB Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
00006437
Title
I'm a Stranger Here Myself : Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Author
Bryson, Bill
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition (stated).
ISBN 10
0767903811
ISBN 13
9780767903813
Publisher
Broadway Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1999
Keywords
AMERICANA, CULTURE SHOCK, BRITAIN, ENGLAND, UNITED STATES, HUMOR, HUMORISTS
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