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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Bill Bryson
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Bill Bryson Paperback - 2007

by Bill Bryson


About this book

The book delves into Bryson's past, telling of his youth growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1950s and early 1960s. It also reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, who appeared in A Walk in the Woods and Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s. The title of the book comes from an imaginary alter-ego Bryson invented for himself in his childhood, who has the ability to vaporize people.

From the publisher

Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. In his funny memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was.

First Edition Identification

The book was first published on September 1st 2006 by Broadway Books, a division of Doubleday- Hardcover, Octavo with illustrations. Mustard boards with blue overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. First edition dust jacket has a picture of a sweater with a thunderbolt hanging on a clothesline, and a $25.00 price stamp. Full number line and First Edition on copyright page. 

Doubleday, Toronto Canada also published in 2006- Illustrated bibliography and endpapers

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  • Title The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Bill Bryson
  • Author Bill Bryson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Pages 379
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Black Swan Books, Limited, London
  • Date 2007
  • ISBN 9780552772549 / 0552772542
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5 x 1.02 in (19.81 x 12.70 x 2.59 cm)
  • Reading level 1330
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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