The Lost Continent

Travels in Small-Town America

by Bill Bryson

Paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published Sept. 12, 1990 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-092008-1

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Asanka Sayakkara reviewed The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson

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5 stars

This book takes the reader across so many states of US in particular over small towns. Even through this book describes the travels in small towns of America more than two decades ago, still I enjoyed the ride. Most of the times, Bryson writes in a humorous tone however there were times where he was serious about what he was saying. At the end of the journey, not only him but I also felt like I'm going to miss this long journey when he reach his home town in Iowa. As a conclusion, I think I will read more books from Bill Bryson with the impression I got from this first book.

unicorndeburgh reviewed The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson

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This book was published about 20 years ago. He drives around the States, doing the tourist thing. I didn't like this book nearly as much as some of his others. It feels mean-spirited. He goes on and on about how fat and stupid everyone is. I haven't read his newer book about the States, 'I'm a Stranger Here Myself,' and wonder if he'd mellowed a bit, or learned to edit out what's not interesting. He was similarly cranky (and not entertaining) about England in 'Notes from a Small Island '.