Bill Bryson: Made In America
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Жанр: Transworld Publishers
Издательство: Transworld Publishers, 1998
An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning, and many other improbable but true facts.