Made in America


Bill Bryson
Bok Engelsk 1998
Utgitt
London : Black Swan , 1998
Omfang
603 sider : ill
Opplysninger
Engelsk tekst. - h.. - Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in America, Bryson tells the story of how American arose out of the English language, and along the way, de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how they were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the words G-string, blockbuster, poker and snafu. Omtalen er hentet fra Adlibris.com
Emner
Dewey
427.973 . - 917.3 . - 973.9
ISBN
9780552998055

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