Author: BRYSON, BILL
Title: The lost continent : travels in small town America / Bill Bryson
Description: London : Secker & Warburg 1989. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Slightest hint of tanning to page margins. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. FLATSIGNED by the author.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 262 pages; Physical desc. : 262p. ; map (lining-papers) ; 25cm. Subject: Bryson. Bill - Travel - United States. Cities and towns - United States. Travel - Handbooks. manuals. etc. United States - Description and travel - 1981-. United States - Social life and customs - 1971-. Summary: Bill Bryson drove 14.000 miles in search of the mythical small town of his youth. Instead he found a lookalike strip of gas stations. motels and hamburger joints; a continent lost to itself through greed. pollution and television. and lost to him because he had become a foreigner in his own country. A funny and serious view of smalltown America.Weight in Kg appr.:

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