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I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
by Bill Bryson
ISBN: 076790382X
ISBN-13: 9780767903820
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Bill Bryson lived in Britain for 20 years, then returned with his family to the U.S. Here he writes about the process of re-entry-the shocks, the adjustments, the excesses, and (especially) the funny bits.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2000
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.55 pounds
Pages: 288
Publisher's Notes
Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are Bryson's hallmarks, I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF recounts his sometimes-disconcerting reunion with his homeland....[It] chronicles the quirkiest aspects of life in America, right down to our hardware-store lingo, tax-return instructions, and vulnerability to home injury....Scene by guffaw-inducing scene, Bill Bryson proves that there's truly no place like home, especially if it's in America.
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Bryson, Bill
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2000. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ several page tips creased. 14th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar (United States)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself; Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Bryson, Bill
NY: Broadway Books, 1999. 288 pp. After living in Britain for 2 decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the U.S. with his English wife and 4 children. He was greeted by a new and improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, 24-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item. He recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. Binding tight, text clean.. Later Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Paperback Recycler (United States)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
Bryson, Bill
New York: Broadway Books, 2000 xiii, 288 pp., illus.; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "The master humorist and bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods now guides us on an affectionate, hysterically funny tour of America's most outrageous absurdities. After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he had read somewhere that nearly three million Americans believed they had been abducted by aliens--as he later put it, 'it was clear my people needed me'). They were greeted by a new-and-improved America that boasts microwave pancakes, twenty-four-hour dental-floss hotlines, and the staunch conviction that ice is not a luxury item. Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are a Bryson hallmark, I'm a Stranger Here Myself recounts his sometimes disconcerting reunion with the land of his birth. From motels ('one of those things--airline food is another--that I get excited about and should know better') to careless barbers ('in the mirror I am confronted with an image that brings to mind a lemon meringue pie with ears'), I'm a Stranger Here Myself chronicles the quirkiest aspects of life in America, right down to our hardware-store lingo, tax-return instructions, and vulnerability to home injury ('statistically in New Hampshire I am far more likely to be hurt by my ceiling or underpants than by a stranger'). Along the way Bill Bryson also reveals his rules for life (#1: It is not permitted to be both slow and stupid. You must choose one or the other); delivers the commencement address to a local high school ('I've learned that if you touch a surface to see if it's hot, it will be'); and manages to make friends with a skunk. The result is a book filled with hysterical scenes of one man's attempt to reacquaint himself with his own country, but it is also an extended, if at times bemused, love letter to the homeland he has returned to after twenty years away. / Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. For twenty years he lived in England, where he worked for the Times and the Independent, and wrote for most major British and American publications. His books include travel memoirs (Neither Here Nor There; The Lost Continent; Notes from a Small Island) and books on language (The Mother Tongue; Made in America). His account of his attempts to walk the Appalachian Trail, A Walk in the Woods, was a huge New York Times bestseller. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his wife and his four children." - Publisher.. Reprint, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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I'm A Stranger Here Myself
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NY: Broadway. VG+ in softcover. 2000. trade PB. Keywords: Americana, memoir, 0-7679-0382-X, humor *. ( more information) Offered by Books End (United States)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Bryson, Bill
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2000. Very tight, very clean copy as unread tightness, undamaged pages and covers, no tears, marks or creases, no wear. Unread tight spine, pages and covers.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 5 1/4" By 8" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Deer Run Books (United States)
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Broadway Books, 1999. paperback. Used Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Shore to Read & Play (United States)
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Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1999 Broadway hard cover - first edition first printing -a brand new clean excellent very fine collectible - enjoy ( more information) Offered by Twice Sold Tales (United States)
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
Bryson, Bill
New York, New York: Broadway Books, 2000 First printing ofthe first paperback edition, which was published the same year as the hardback first. Entertaining book about the changes Bryson finds in the United States after returning from twenty years in Britian. No flaws. GIFT QUALITY.. First Paperback. Paperback. As New. ( more information) Offered by McLaren Books (United States)
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