MADE IN AMERICA

R140.00

Bill Bryson turns away from 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 they 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

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Authored by Bill Bryson and published by Transworld Publishers, a Black Swan book, of London in 1998. Soft cover bound, this Reprint copy is in Very Good condition, covered in plastic, with an illustrated cover. The size of the book is 198x126x34mm, with 604 pages. ISBN 9780552998055. Clean and well bound. No inscriptions, marks or annotations. Pages yellowing slightly from the edges. Occasional black and white illustrations.