The lost continent [electronic resource] / Bill Bryson.
Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after ten 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. Travel through small-town America with Kerry Shale's popular BBC Radio 4 reading of Bill Bryson's comic travelogue.
Record details
- ISBN: 1405697563 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9781405697569 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- Publisher: [Bath, England] : BBC Audiobooks, 2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 2:18:51. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kerry Shale. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 33263 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Bryson, Bill > Travel > United States. Cities and towns > United States. United States > Description and travel. United States > Social life and customs > 1971- |
Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |