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William Roberts

William Roberts is an American actor whose credits include stage, television, radio, film and voice work. He spent five years as actor/director with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival before moving to Britain and becoming a member of the British Actors’ Equity Association. A broadly experienced actor and voice artiste, Roberts is a frequent reader of American works on BBC Radio and for various audio publishers. He has also appeared on film and TV including Behind Closed Doors, Cold Mountain and Inspector Morse.

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Title:

The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America

Written by:

Bill Bryson 

Read by:

William Roberts 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

9 

Duration:

10 hours 13 minutes 

Published:

August 28 2016 

Available Date:

August 28 2016 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781489355188 

Genres:

Non-fiction; America; Lifestyle - Travel 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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AUD$ 39.95

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Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did ...

And after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country. 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 visits places he re-named Dullard, Coma, and Doldrum (so the residents don't sue or come after him with baseball bats). But his hopes of finding the American dream end in a nightmare of greed, ignorance, and pollution. This is a wickedly witty and savagely funny assessment of a country lost to itself, and to him.