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The lost continent

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

The lost continent: travels in small-town America

By Bill Bryson

5 Ratings • 4.6 of 5

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About the book

'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn't hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookali...Show more

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Book details

ISBN

9781784161804

Publisher

Black Swan

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The lost continent

Format

Paperback

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The lost continent

The lost continent

Paperback · 1997

The lost continent

The lost continent

Paperback · 1999

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5 Ratings • 4.6 of 5

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