| The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain Contributor(s): Bryson, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804172714 ISBN-13: 9780804172714 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Great Britain - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 914.104 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades later, Bryson--now a British citizen--set out again to rediscover his adopted country. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island--from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath--and shows us every pub, stone village, and human foible along the way. Whether he is dodging cow attacks in Torcross, getting lost in the H&M on Kensington High Street, or--more seriously--contemplating the future of the nation's natural wonders in the face of aggressive development, Bryson guides us through the old and the new with vivid detail and laugh-out-loud humor. Irreverent, endearing, and always hilarious, The Road to Little Dribbling is filled with Bill Bryson's deep knowledge and love of his chosen home. |