Made in America
by Bill Bryson
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used Good
- ISBN 10
- 0552998052
- ISBN 13
- 9780552998055
- Seller
-
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.Bill Bryson turns away form the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.Buy this book at once and have a nice day!
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Firefly Bookstore LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 429022
- Title
- Made in America
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0552998052
- ISBN 13
- 9780552998055
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- April 2, 1998
- Pages
- 592
- Bookseller catalogs
- Language/Linguistics;
Terms of Sale
Firefly Bookstore LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Firefly Bookstore LLC
About Firefly Bookstore LLC
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...