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"Here is a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost - yes, lost - while swimming at sea to Japanese cult members who may have set off an atomic bomb (sic) entirely unnoticed on their 500,000-acre property in the great western desert.".
"Wherever he goes (and Bryson goes just about everywhere) he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging - the beaming products of a land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine. On occasion the Aborigines, a remote and mysterious race with a tragic history, make a haunting appearance in this book. But by and large Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide."--BOOK JACKET.
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Social life and customs, Description and travel, Humour, Journeys, Travel, Civilization, Nonfiction, Australia, Bill Bryson, Description, Large type books, Australia, social life and customs, Australia, description and travel, Australia, civilization, [re cit de voyage], Oceania, history, New York Times reviewed, Anecdotes, Children's non-fiction, HumorPeople
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In a sunburned country
2001, Broadway Books
in English
- 1st Broadway Books trade paperback ed.
0767903862 9780767903868
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In a sunburned country
2000, Random House Large Print
in English
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0375430563 9780375430565
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-307).
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In a Sunburned Country is the 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The title is taken from the famous Australian poem, "My Country". In other countries, including Britain, the book was titled Down Under.
In this book, Bill Bryson describes his travels by railway and car throughout Australia, his conversations with people in all walks of life about the history, geography, unusual plants and animals of the country, and his wry impressions of the life, culture and amenities (or lack thereof) in each locality.
In a style similar to his book A Walk in the Woods, Bryson's research enabled him to include many stories about Australia's 19th-century explorers and settlers who suffered extreme deprivations, as well as details about its natural resources, culture, and economy. His writings are intertwined with recurring humorous themes, notably, in the chapter Crossing Australia he makes constant reference to drinking of urine to survive, as was done by many 19th century explorers.
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