It was followed by Neither Here Nor There, an account of his first trip around Europe. In The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson’s hilarious first travel book, he chronicled a trip in his mother’s Chevy around small town America. He and his family then moved to New Hampshire in America for a few years, but they have now returned to live in the UK. He lived for many years with his English wife and four children in North Yorkshire. He settled in England in 1977, and worked in journalism until he became a full time writer. I have passion for books! Thank you so much for ordering from Sabra Books.William McGuire “Bill” Bryson, OBE, FRS was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. Reading a book you hold in your hands is one of the greatest pleasures in life. Your satisfaction is essential to our success as an online bookseller. If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to contact us. We hope you will get good use of your purchase and that this has been an excellent experience for you. Box 9319 Naperville, IL 60567 Books which are not put for sale donated to various charity organizations.
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Who else could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sentence, that carries the book.īryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. Bill Bryson-a zealot-is the right man for the job. Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably.
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