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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65205130 Title: The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, ©2006. ISBN/ISSN: 076791936X 9780767919364 OCLC:65205130

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The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir

Author:	Bill Bryson
Publisher:	New York : Broadway Books, ©2006.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	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 Read more... 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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Named Person:	Bill Bryson
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Bill Bryson Find more information about:
ISBN:	076791936X 9780767919364
OCLC Number:	65205130
Description:	x, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility:	Bill Bryson.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text

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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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