The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Infobox Book
name = The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid


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author = Bill Bryson
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language = English
genre = Non-fiction, Memoir
publisher = Broadway Books
release_date = 2006
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback), Audiobook
pages = 270 pp
isbn = 0-7679-1936-X

"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" is a semi-autobiographical memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book delves into Bryson's past and reveals the backstory between himself and Stephen Katz, among other mentioned characters in his travel works. Bryson also describes and comments on American life in the 1950s.

The book was released on September 1, 2006, in the United Kingdom; it was launched in the United States and Canada on October 17, 2006.

Editions

* ISBN 0-7679-1936-X (US hardcover, 2006)
* ISBN 0-385-60826-8 (UK hardcover, 2006)
* ISBN 0-385-66161-4 (CDN hardcover, 2006)


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