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Work InformationThe Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson (1989)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I generally enjoy Bryson's writing. However, rereading this book I found it a little sour. Wasn't as exciting or funny as A Walk in the Woods or In A Sunburned Country, but The Lost Continent was an interesting perspective to read. Bill talks about road trips with his family growing up, and as an adult, he didn't want to repeat those long hours in the car...until he decided to write this book. I had a hard time getting through this book. Maybe I was disappointed after the blurb on the cover told me it was the book Steinbeck would have written if he'd travelled with Letterman instead of Charley. Puh-leese. Bryson seems to mostly loathe his native land, and I'm not sure why he bothered to take this heartless journey. A big disappointment. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America. From the Deep South to the Wild West, from Elvis' birthplace through to Custer's Last Stand, Bryson Travel through small-town America with Kerry Shale's popular BBC Radio 4 reading of Bill Bryson's comic travelogue. .No library descriptions found. |
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