Total Page : 416
Publisher : BLACK SWAN
Publication Date : 2007 01 01
>> It got me through
I read this book after receiving some devastating personal news I grew up at a later time than Mr Bryson and in a different part of the country but I found myself laughing hysterically and relating very well to his accounts of growing up in America I loved his bits of factual information providing references of where he was and what was going on around him I consider this book ingeniously funny and I smile just looking at the cover It was a life saver for me
>> funny book educational
The 1950s were a different time in America TV was new on the scene and so was the threat of nuclear annialation All this is put in hilarious perspective by Mr Bryson
One thing does concern me Did Bryson get exposed to nuclear fallout from the testing in Nevada
The Sedan shot resulted in a radioactive cloud that separated into two plumes rising to 3 km 10 000 ft and 4 9 km 16 000 ft The two plumes headed northeast and then east in roughly parallel paths towards the Atlantic Ocean A large amount of nuclear fallout was dropped along the way narrowly dispersed in a relatively small number of United States counties Detected radioactivity was especially high in eight counties in Iowa and one county each in Nebraska South Dakota and Illinois Most heavily affected counties were Howard Mitchell and Worth counties in Iowa from Wikipedia Sedan nuclear test
>> Fantastic story about 50
After reading his first bestselling books I decided to read other Brysons books as well This was third book of Bryson which I read And once again Bryson has very interesting and funny story for readers Interesting to read how world was seen with child s eyes in 50 and what happened in the world when Bryson was small kid
