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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a 2006 memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and " Neither Here ...
- Bill Bryson
- 2006
1. Sept. 2006 · The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a must read for anyone who grew up in the fifties and sixties. He captures life in the fifties and early sixties through the lens of a pre-teen boy. Though he grew up in one of Iowa's larger cities and I grew up in a small New Mexico town, the experiences are very similiar.
- (65,6K)
- Hardcover
About The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. From one of the world’s most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.
- Paperback
"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" ist so ein Zwerchfellreizer. Dieses als Autobiographie verkleidete Sittengemälde der USA in den 50er Jahren ist anrührend, schrecklich informativ - und es hat mir den bislang größten Lachanfall dieses Jahres beschert. Bryson schafft es immer wieder, nüchterne Fakten so zu verkaufen, dass sie spannend wirken. Und dabei verschafft er seinen Lesern ...
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17. Okt. 2006 · Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, and full of his inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is as wondrous a book as Bill Bryson has ever written. It will enchant anyone who has ever been young. Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction.
17. Okt. 2006 · – Kirkus Reviews *Starred* “While many memoirs convey a bittersweet nostalgia, Bill Bryson’s loving look at his childhood in The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is genuinely sweet. Framed within young Bryson’s fantasy of being a superhero, it matches the author’s sparkling wit with his vivid, candid memories of 1950s America. Adding a healthy dose of social history, Bryson ...
8. Okt. 2008 · The best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods and I'm a Stranger Here Myself describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.
