The Best of Bill Bryson on the United States selected from his regular column in The Mail on Sunday.
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. He settled in England in 1977, and lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He and his family then moved to America for a few years but have now returned to the UK. He is the bestselling author of The Lost Continent, Mother Tongue, Neither Here Nor There, Made in America, Notes From a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes From a Big Country, Down Under and, most recently, A Short History of Nearly Everything. He is also the author of the bestselling African Diary (a charity book for CARE International).
"'Bill Bryson's answer to Alistair Cooke's Letter From
America...not only hilarious but also insightful and
informative'"
*Independent on Sunday*
"'Delightful bite-size essays that exude affection while debunking
the ridiculous with wonderful succinctness...This is not a book to
be read in a single sitting. It is one to be savoured'"
*The Times*
"'One of his best books'"
*Independent*
"'Bill Bryson's answer to Alistair Cooke's Letter From
America...not only hilarious but also insightful and informative'"
-- Jeremy Atiyah * Independent on Sunday *
"'Delightful bite-size essays that exude affection while debunking
the ridiculous with wonderful succinctness...This is not a book to
be read in a single sitting. It is one to be savoured'" -- Martin
Fletcher * The Times *
"'One of his best books'" -- Scott Bradfield * Independent *
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