One Summer: America 1927 - Bill Bryson - Taschenbuch - Englisch

 
Wundersame Ereignisse und bahnbrechende Erfindungen prägen den Sommer 1927 in Amerika. Dieses Buch nimmt dich mit auf eine Reise durch eine Zeit voller Optimismus und Veränderungen. Du wirst lachen, staunen und vielleicht sogar ein bisschen nostalgisch werden. Es ist eine Achterbahnfahrt durch die Geschichte, die dich nicht mehr loslassen wird. Von fliegenden Helden bis hin zu skandalösen Gerichtsverhandlungen – dieses Buch hat alles. Und das Beste? Du kannst es erleben, ohne dein Sofa zu verlassen. Also, mach es dir bequem, schnapp dir eine Tasse Kaffee und bereite dich darauf vor, in eine andere Ära einzutauchen.

 
PressestimmenBill Bryson is a true master of popular narrative. Over the course of his career, he has bestowed a beautiful clarity on even the most recondite of subjects...Has history ever been so enjoyable? -- Craig Brown ― Mail on SundayA fascinating snapshot of a season during which America, for better or worse, ushered in the modern world. ― Sunday TimesA gifted raconteur...The book is filled with eccentric, flamboyant characters and memorable stories...highly amusing. ― GuardianA great new form of literature: biography of a few months in one country. -- Matt Ridley ― The Times (Books of the Year)Few writers of nonfiction, and,let's be honest,few enough writers of novels, can crack the narrative whip like Bryson. One Summer fairly whirls along...full of exhilarating, fact-filled fun...surely the most sublime distraction published this year. ― ObserverKurzbeschreibungIn the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone’s reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that has made him Britain’s favourite writer of narrative non-fiction, he brings to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world for the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that has made him Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction, he brings to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world for ückseiteIn the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that has made him Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction, he brings to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world for ever.Über den Autor und weitere MitwirkendeBill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Su

 
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