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Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States by Bill Bryson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States about?
Bill Bryson turns away from the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the Route 66 of American language and popular culture. In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land - explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn't won, why Americans say 'lootenant' and 'Toosday', how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked up - as well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question and Dr Kellogg of cornflakes fame.
Who reads Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 ($23)
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780688103125
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (113 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Made in America (1998)
- Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States (2015)
- Made In America An Informal History of American English (2009)
- Made in America : an informal history of American English (2015)
- Made In America(c.1) (1994)
- Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States (1996)
- Bill Bryson: made in america (1994)
- Made In America An Informal History of American English (2016)
- Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1999)
- Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States (1995)
- Made In America An Informal History of American English (1994)
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