Bryson, Bill.
The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir / Thunderbolt kid Bill Bryson. - New York : Broadway Books, c2006 - x, 270 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270).
Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around the house wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel round his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing evildoers (in his head) as The Thunderbolt Kid. Using his old fantasy life as a springboard, Bill Bryson recreates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality. In a period that saw the inexorable rise of television, the opening of Disneyland, the testing of the atomic bomb and the explosion of choice in everything from food to cars, Bill Bryson's days followed in reassuringly cosy succession, enlivened by modest triumphs and disasters
9780767919371 14.95
2006043859
Bryson, Bill.
Travel writers--United States--Biography.
Manners and Customs--Biography
G154.5.B79 / A3 2006
910.4092 B
The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir / Thunderbolt kid Bill Bryson. - New York : Broadway Books, c2006 - x, 270 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270).
Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around the house wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel round his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing evildoers (in his head) as The Thunderbolt Kid. Using his old fantasy life as a springboard, Bill Bryson recreates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality. In a period that saw the inexorable rise of television, the opening of Disneyland, the testing of the atomic bomb and the explosion of choice in everything from food to cars, Bill Bryson's days followed in reassuringly cosy succession, enlivened by modest triumphs and disasters
9780767919371 14.95
2006043859
Bryson, Bill.
Travel writers--United States--Biography.
Manners and Customs--Biography
G154.5.B79 / A3 2006
910.4092 B