01948cam a2200301 4500 294632136 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 060303s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006043859 9780767919364 076791936X 9780767919364 TxAuBib Bryson, Bill. The life and times of the thunderbolt kid : a memoir / Bill Bryson. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2006. x, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270.) Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." 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. 20170101. Bryson, Bill. Travel writers United States Biography. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2006043859-b.html https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2006043859-d.html https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0667/2006043859-s.html