The life and times of the thunderbolt kid
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780739482933
Subjects: Dagelijks leven; Travel writers; Biography
Description: Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
Table of contents: title: Hometown; title: Welcome to kid world; title: Birth of a superhero; title: The age of excitement; title: The pursuit of pleasure; title: Sex and other distractions; title: Boom!; title: School days; title: Man at work; title: Down on the farm; title: What, me worry?; title: Out and about; title: The public years; title: Farewell.