The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America (Unabridged) The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America (Unabridged)

The Lost Continent: Travels In Small Town America (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 3.4 • 19 Ratings
    • $16.99

    • $16.99

Publisher Description

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after 10 years in England he decided to go home, to a foreign country.
In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.

From the Deep South to the Wild West, from Elvis' birthplace through to Custer's Last Stand, Bryson visits places he re-named Dullard, Coma, and Doldrum (so the residents don't sue or come after him with baseball bats). But his hopes of finding the American dream end in a nightmare of greed, ignorance, and pollution. This is a wickedly witty and savagely funny assessment of a country lost to itself, and to him.

GENRE
Travel & Adventure
NARRATOR
WR
William Roberts
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
10:13
hr min
RELEASED
2003
January 1
PUBLISHER
Audible Studios
PRESENTED BY
Audible.com
SIZE
306.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Danger S ,

Eh....

Let me start by saying that I am a big fan of Bill Bryson books. I love all of them. Except this one. There are some funny parts and a lot of interesting facts like all of his other books. But the narrator makes him sound arrogant and pretentious. And the sound quality is terrible. So do yourself a favor and read or listen to some of his other books. Like A walk in the woods or The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Both GREAT books!

Les walton ,

Loved the books but……

The wit I’ve enjoyed so in the written word, mutates into a dull sarcasm I had to end prematurely. My worst audio selection in a decade.

Leemanroy ,

The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America

A BIG disappointment

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