The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
The age of innocence is gone. Imagine yourself between as a kid in the 50’s with a ray gun in your holster, you see yourself as space shoot ’em up police officer of sorts in the 21st century in your space cruiser ready to battle the universe. Now you are older in the 21st century, no space police, ray guns, or even flying cars. What crazy fantasies raced through your mind in those far flung days of fantasy. Today fantasies are handed down to kids through video games, no need to create them, they are already created for you. To all the kids who created new worlds from the 50’s and beyond, Bill Bryson crafted his own imaginary world with this great book for all who have a passion to dream.
Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the United States—Des Moines, Iowa—in the middle of the largest generation in American history—the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)—in his head—as "The Thunderbolt Kid."
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