- Title:
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Made in America (MP3)
- Written by:
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Bill Bryson
- Read by:
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William Roberts
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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18 hours 13 minutes
- MP3 size:
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770 MB
- Published:
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June 01 2015
- Available Date:
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June 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486295036
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; 20th Century; 21st Century; History
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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International bestselling author
'A tremendously sassy work, full of zip, pizzazz and all those other great American qualities.'
The Independent on Sunday
An informed and fond look at the history of Americans through their popular culture and language.
Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture.
In Made in America, Bryson tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologises his native land – explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans say ‘lootenant’ and ‘Toosday’, how they were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up – as well as exposing the true origins of the words G-string, blockbuster, poker and snafu.
'Immensely entertaining ... a sharp eye for odd facts and amusing anecdotes.'
The Daily Telegraph
'The book is a triumph. Bryson carries it off by his joie de vivre, his unadorned prose and the sheer width of his snooping beneath the skin of the American dream.'
Literary Review
'Funny, wise, learned and compulsive.'
GQ