The Resource The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir, Bill Bryson
The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir, Bill Bryson
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The item The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir, Bill Bryson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First pbk. edition
- Extent
- x, 270 pages
- Contents
-
- Hometown
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780767919371
- Label
- The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir
- Title
- The life and times of the thunderbolt kid
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Bryson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. 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
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- IHY
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bryson, Bill
- Dewey number
-
- 910.4092
- B
- 921
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- G154.5.B79
- LC item number
- A3 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Bryson, Bill
- Travel writers
- Des Moines (Iowa)
- Label
- The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir, Bill Bryson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hometown -- 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
- Control code
- 1014170
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First pbk. edition
- Extent
- x, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780767919371
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2006043859
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1014170
- (OCoLC)173685059
- Label
- The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir, Bill Bryson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Hometown -- 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
- Control code
- 1014170
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First pbk. edition
- Extent
- x, 270 pages
- Isbn
- 9780767919371
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2006043859
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1014170
- (OCoLC)173685059
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