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Bill Bryson

"William McGuire "Bill" Bryson is a best-selling Anglo-American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and science." - Wikipedia

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American author

Born 8 December 1951

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  • Cover of: A short history of nearly everything
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  • Cover of: Notes from a small island
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  • Cover of: Lost Continent: Travels In Small-Town America
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  • Cover of: A walk in the woods
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    Cover of edition walkinwoods0000brys Cover of edition walkinwoodsredis00brys Cover of edition walkinwoods00brys Cover of edition walkinwoodsredis0000bill Cover of edition walkinwoods0000bill Cover of edition walkinwoodsred00brys First published in 1997 — 35 editions
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  • Cover of: In A Sunburned Country
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780965000284 Cover of edition downunder0000brys Cover of edition insunburnedcount00brys Cover of edition downunder0000brys_d9z1 Cover of edition downunder0000unse Cover of edition insunburnedcount00brys_0 Cover of edition insunburnedcount0000brys Cover of edition insunburnedcount0000brys_c9p4 First published in 2000 — 34 editions
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  • Cover of: Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
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  • Cover of: At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare
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  • Cover of: Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
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  • Cover of: The Mother Tongue
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  • Cover of: Troublesome Words
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  • Cover of: The life and times of the thunderbolt kid: a memoir
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    Cover of edition lifetimesofthund00bill Cover of edition lifetimesofthe00brys Cover of edition cd_the-life-and-times-of-the-thunderbolt-kid_bill-bryson First published in 2006 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Notes from a Big Country
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  • Cover of: The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island
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  • Cover of: A really short history of nearly everything
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  • Cover of: One Summer: America 1927
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  • Cover of: I'm a stranger here myself: notes on returning to America after twenty years away
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  • Cover of: Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society
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  • Cover of: The Penguin dictionary for writers and editors
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American author

Born 8 December 1951

Subjects

Travel, Nonfiction, History, Description and travel, Fiction, Social life and customs, New York Times reviewed, Anecdotes, Civilization, Manners and customs, New York Times bestseller, Humor, Large type books, American Civil War, Classic Literature, Confederate States of America, Juvenile audience, Union, Voyages and travels, civil war, freedom, hanging, meaning of love, self-fulfillment, selfhood

Places

United States, Alabama, England, Mallard residence, Owl Creek Bridge, Europe, Great Britain, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Iowa, London, Scotland, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, America, Appalachian Trail, Australia, Biltmore mansion, Centralia, Chicago, Chrysler Building, Crystal Palace, Earth, Eerie Canal, Eiffel Tower

People

Bill Bryson, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Peyton Farquhar, Richards, General Zaroff, Ivan, Sanger Rainsford, The Great White Czar, Whitney, A. Graham Bell, Abraham Gesner, Addison Mizner, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alice Vanderbilt, Ami Argand, Andrew Mellon, Annie Kaplan, Antony Dale, Arthur Munby, Aston Clinton, Baker Brown, Baron Walsingham, Bill Bryson (1951-)

Time

19th century, 1861-65, 20th century, 1971-, 21st century, 1550-1650, 17th century, 1800s, 1825, 1850, 1851, 1856, 1918-1932, 1918-1945, 1919-1933, 1930, 1981-, 1987, 1988, 1990s, Age of Exploration, Early modern, 1500-1700, England, Geschichte 20. Jh, Gilded Age

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Alternative names

  • William McGuire Bryson
  • William B. Bryson
  • William Bryson
  • BILL BRYSON
  • bill bryson
  • Bryson Bill
  • B Bryson

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