Made In America by Bill Bryson Softcover Book

Title: Made In America by Bill Bryson Softcover Book.
Author: Bill Bryson.
Type: Non-Fiction.
Edition: Black Swan Edition 1998.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers.
Year First Published: 1994.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: CPI Group.
Page Count: 567 pages.
Size: Width: 12.5cm
      Height: 19.5cm
      Thickness: 3cm
Info: Funny, wise, learned and compulsive - GQ
an Informal History Of American English.
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-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasnt 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.
William McGuire Bryson OBE HonFRS (born 8 December 1951) is an AmericanBritish author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other nonfiction topics. Born in the United States, he has been a resident of Britain for most of his adult life, returning to the U.S. between 1995 and 2003, and holds dual American and British citizenship. He served as the chancellor of Durham University from 2005 to 2011.
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages.
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