The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid : A Memoir
by Bryson, Bill
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0385661614
- ISBN 13
- 9780385661614
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Synopsis
The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability to vaporize people.
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- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001389
- Title
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid : A Memoir
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0385661614
- ISBN 13
- 9780385661614
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Biography
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