At Home and Abroad
Bill Bryson
Monday, 28 Oct 2013 at 8:00 pm – Stephens Auditorium
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. The author of more than two dozen books, Bill Bryson finds delight in the minutiae of travel and the subtleties of culture. He has chronicled everything from hiking the Appalachian Trail in A Walk in the Woods to his adventures Down Under In a Sunburned Country to his visit to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International in Billy Bryson's African Diary. His other books include Notes from a Small Island, The Lost Continent, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, and his memoir of growing up in Des Moines, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His newest book is One Summer: America, 1927. Book signing to follow in the Celebrity Cafe. Part of the World Affairs SeriesPhoto credit: Simon Schluter
Cosponsored By:
- Ames Public Library
- Anthropology
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Design
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Creative Writing Program
- English
- George Gund Lecture Fund
- History
- Honors Program
- International Studies Program
- Sociology
- Study Abroad Program
- University Library
- Vice President for Student Affairs
- World Affairs
- World Languages & Cultures
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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