The Lost Continent

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1. chris-orgmentaJan 2024
   Apologies for not seeing this until now. I have just passed on your details.

   That's interesting and reminds me of Bill Bryson, e.g. The Lost Continent did a lovely job of intertwining the history, trivia and his childhood memories into his personal travel.

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2. weekendvampireMar 2022
   "I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to."

   - Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent

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3. chrissnellJun 2018
   Bill Bryson wrote a hilarious--but acerbic--book about exactly this: The Lost Continent .

   http://a.co/121JpWz

   He was in a Chevette, not a Fiesta, and the hotels were off-brand but it's the same idea. A typical passage:

       Afterwards I retired with a six-pack to my motel,
       where I discovered that the bed, judging by its
       fragrance and shape, had only recently been vacated by a    
       horse. It had a sag in it so severe that I could only 
       see the TV at its foot by splaying my legs to their 
       widest extremity. It was like lying in a wheel-barrow.

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4. rmkSep 2009
   The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson.

   An amazing book, very readable.

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