New York: Broadway Books / Random House, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's personal account of traveling in Australia - he reports on the inhabitants, the weather, and the wildlife and the more desolate parts of the country as well as the things that might very well make it the best of all possible nations. Maps, bibliography, 307 pp.

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Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent, and a place with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. The result is a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiousity.Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond that beaten tourist path. Wherever he goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging, and these beaming products of land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine fill the pages of this wonderful book. Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 60691
Title: IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY.
Author: Bryson, Bill
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
Jacket Condition: fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0767903854
ISBN 13: 9780767903851
Publisher: Broadway Books / Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (2000)
Keywords: travel, personal travel stories, wildlife, humor, exploration,
Bookseller catalogs: Australia and New Zealand;

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