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Bryson offers a playfully anecdotal account of the. Bill bryson s bestselling travel books include the lost continent, notes from a small island, a walk in the woods and down under. Its also a bestiary of american pop culture, many of whose stereotypes bryson debunks a backformation from buncombe county, n. From library journal journalist bryson mother tongue, morrow, 1990 presents an engagingly written chronological history of the united states, focusing on popular culture and language. Born in des moines, iowa, he was educated at drake university but dropped out in 1972 after deciding to backpack around europe for four months.
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