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MPN
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ISBN
0767915062
Book Title
Bill Bryson's African Diary
Item Length
7.3in
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
Publication Year
2002
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.4in
Author
Bill Bryson
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues, Africa / Kenya
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz
Number of Pages
64 Pages

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From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with a set of mental images of Africa gleaned from television broadcasts of low-budget Jungle Jim movies in his Iowa childhood and a single viewing of the film version of Out of Africa . (Also with some worries about tropical diseases, insects, and large predators.) But the vibrant reality of Kenya and its people took over the second he deplaned in Nairobi, and this diary records Bill Bryson's impressions of his trip with his inimitable trademark style of wry observation and curious insight. From the wrenching poverty of the Kibera slum in Nairobi to the meticulously manicured grounds of the Karen Blixen house and the human fossil riches of the National Museum, Bryson registers the striking contrasts of a postcolonial society in transition. He visits the astoundingly vast Great Rift Valley; undergoes the rigors of a teeth-rattling train journey to Mombasa and a hair-whitening flight through a vicious storm; and visits the refugee camps and the agricultural and economic projects where dedicated CARE professionals wage noble and dogged war against poverty, dislocation, and corruption. Though brief in compass and duration, Bill Bryson's African Diary is rich in irreverent, poignant, and morally instructive observation. Like all of this author's work, it can make the reader laugh, think, and especially, feel all at the same time.

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Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0767915062
ISBN-13
9780767915069
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2295314

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Book Title
Bill Bryson's African Diary
Author
Bill Bryson
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Essays & Travelogues, Africa / Kenya
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Number of Pages
64 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.3in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Dt433.527.B79 2002
Reviews
"Bryson is one of the funniest travel writers in the business." --The Globe and Mail "Bryson has become an enormously popular travel writer by coming off as the most literate tour guide you've ever had." --The New York Times "Bryson is a terrific stylist. You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind." --Ottawa Citizen "Bryson is first and foremost a storyteller -- and a supremely comic and original one at that." --Winnipeg Free Press, "Bryson is one of the funniest travel writers in the business." -- The Globe and Mail "Bryson has become an enormously popular travel writer by coming off as the most literate tour guide you've ever had." -- The New York Times "Bryson is a terrific stylist. You can't help but enjoy his writing, for its cheer and buoyancy, and for the frequent demonstration of his peculiar, engaging turn of mind." -- Ottawa Citizen "Bryson is first and foremost a storyteller -- and a supremely comic and original one at that." -- Winnipeg Free Press
Copyright Date
2002
Lccn
2003-271837
Dewey Decimal
916.76204/43
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by clearskyz
    May 16, 2024

    After reading some of the content I don't ever want to go to Africa. Also compared to other Bryson books this is a pamphlet.

    After reading some of the content I don't ever want to go to Africa. Also compared to other Bryson books this is a pamphlet.

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  • by rlm8639
    Jan 22, 2019

    I did not read the book

    I bought it for a gift and the recipient was pleased.

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