Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook329 pages4 hours
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
By Bill Bryson
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. A book that delivers on the promise that it is “laugh-out-loud funny.”
Some say that the first hints that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came from his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people’s hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman.
Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, “I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” In this hilarious new memoir, he travels back to explore the kid he once was and the weird and wonderful world of 1950s America. He modestly claims that this is a book about not very much: about being small and getting much larger slowly. But for the rest of us, it is a laugh-out-loud book that will speak volumes – especially to anyone who has ever been young.
Some say that the first hints that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came from his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns out of people’s hands from a distance, and wear his underpants over his jeans in the manner of Superman.
Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, “I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” In this hilarious new memoir, he travels back to explore the kid he once was and the weird and wonderful world of 1950s America. He modestly claims that this is a book about not very much: about being small and getting much larger slowly. But for the rest of us, it is a laugh-out-loud book that will speak volumes – especially to anyone who has ever been young.
Unavailable
Read more from Bill Bryson
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes from a Small Island Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neither here nor there: Travels in Europe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5made in america: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Related ebooks
My Father Was D.B. Cooper: An American Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Old Gimlet Eye: The Adventures of Smedley D. Butler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMemoirs of a Longshot: ...A Riproarious Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Road to Pickletown: A Southerner Confronts Cowbells, Clowns, Cuba, Christmas, and Mississippi Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLetters from America, 1946–1951 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Potomac Fever: A Memoir of Politics and Public Service Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwo Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life In The Music Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSome Memories of a Soldier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPositive Paradox Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Cruise of the Spitfire or, Luke Foster's Strange Voyage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life of Slim Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSunday's Child: Memories of a Mid-Western Boyhood: 1923-1943 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Salem to Nashville OLD GLORY: The Life and Times of Patriot Captain William Driver Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMeet the Man from Hobbtown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBohemia by the Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThere Will Be Time Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Afterthoughts: Reflections of a Vietnam Veteran Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Works of Edmund Lester Pearson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHalf the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anna's Boy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIndependent Man: The Life of Senator James Couzens Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lessons From a Father to His Son Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legendary Locals of Peoria Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYoung Tennessee Brown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdmiral Eddie: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Aviator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Monster of Twenty Mile Pond Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Land of Ale and Gloom: Discovering the Pacific Northwest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSnippets: a Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBill Tutte Codebreaker: and His Battle with Hitler’s Secret Cipher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Personal Memoirs For You
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: the heartfelt, funny memoir by a New York Times bestselling therapist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Solutions and Other Problems Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Choice: Embrace the Possible Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Girls Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Stolen Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mommie Dearest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Mormon: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Rating: 4.273584905660377 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
106 ratings0 reviews