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By Bill Bryson
This is the fifth in an irregular series of reviews of books that are likely to appeal to or particularly relate to the Rappahannock reader.
If you lived in the fifties and like to laugh, buy this book! Bill Bryson, better known for his books A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything, brings his attention to detail and lively style to a description of growing up in the 1950s. Early in his childhood, Bryson conceives of himself as a superhero, “the Thunderbolt Kid” along with costume, of course, and this persona pops up whenever he encounters someone to zap. He travels from home to downtown, from backyards to amusement parks, from Des Moines to his grandparents’ Iowan from, describing those special experiences and attitudes that made the fifties the fifties. Baseball and all its associated traditions figure large in the narrative, and baseball fans will enjoy the accounts of those memorable, history
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