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One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson (Hardcover, 2013)
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Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in five eventful months, changed the world for ever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown and finished it as the most famous man on earth. (So famous that Minnesota considered renaming itself after him.) It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan by a madman, the ill-conceived decision that led to the Great Depression, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of a wheezing, over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy, with a cast of unforgettable and eccentric characters, with trademark brio, wit and authority.Product Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139780385608282
eBay Product ID (ePID)176933959
Product Key Features
Book TitleOne Summer: America 1927
AuthorBill Bryson
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistory
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight895g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBill Bryson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 30 Jun, 2022
Another great Bryson book at a very competitive price.
Very pleased to find another great value Bill Bryson book to add to my collection. Usual informative and humorous content- always a pleasure to read. Excellent condition at a very competitive price.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Aug, 2018
Good Book
Bryson is no Hemingway or Steinbeck, yet this book is decidedly well written, and certainly entertaining. Packed with innumerable facts, l found it reasonably edifying. It appears from history that the previous US Presidents were just as corrupt as the present one, so deja vu.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Feb, 2017
Excellent Bill Bryson book so much in depth information, and easy reading.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Oct, 2018
Informative & easy reading
Wonderful book. Gives insights into America not known before.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 Jan, 2018
Amazing factual account of an amazing time
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 18 Sep, 2019
What a year!
I had no idea how much happened in this one single year.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Jun, 2019
good
As promised quickVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Feb, 2025
Excellent
Well researched and written and relevant to our timesVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
