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100 1 $aBryson, Bill.
245 14 $aThe life and times of the thunderbolt kid :$ba memoir /$cBill Bryson.
260 $aNew York :$bBroadway Books,$c℗♭2006.
300 $ax, 270 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
520 $aBill 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.
505 0 $aHometown -- Welcome to kid world -- Birth of a superhero -- The age of excitement -- The pursuit of pleasure -- Sex and other distractions -- Boom! -- School days -- Man at work -- Down on the farm -- What, me worry? -- Out and about -- The public years -- Farewell.
600 10 $aBryson, Bill.
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