One summer : America 1927 / Bill Bryson.
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SoundPublisher number: BAB 140730 | Bolinda AudioPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, 2013Edition: MP3 edition ; UnabridgedDescription: 2 audio discs (17 hr., 5 min.) : MP3 ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781486220311Other title: America nineteen twenty-sevenSubject(s): Nineteen twenty-seven, A.D | Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- History -- 1919-1933 | United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932 | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945Genre/Form: Audiobooks. DDC classification: 973.915 Read by the author.Summary: One Summer: America, 1927, is the new book by Britain's favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson. Narrated by the man himself, One Summer takes you to the summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world forever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day, a semi-crazed sculptor with a plan to carve four giant heads into a mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown, and finished it as the most famous man on Earth.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- audio | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Fiction | 973.915 BRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111055938581 |
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One Summer: America, 1927, is the new book by Britain's favourite writer of narrative nonfiction, Bill Bryson. Narrated by the man himself, One Summer takes you to the summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world forever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day, a semi-crazed sculptor with a plan to carve four giant heads into a mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown, and finished it as the most famous man on Earth.
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