Notes from a Big Country

Notes from a Big Country, or as it was released in the United States, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, is a collection of articles written by Bill Bryson for The Mail on Sunday's Night and Day supplement during the 1990s, published together first in Britain in 1998 and in paperback in 1999. The book discusses Bryson's views on relocating to Hanover, New Hampshire, after spending two decades in Britain.

Notes from a Big Country
Front cover of first edition
AuthorBill Bryson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageBritish English
SubjectEmigration
GenreAutobiography/Memoir/Humour
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1998
Media typePaperback
Pages448
ISBN978-0-552-99786-7
OCLC57064968

The American and British editions are not quite identical as, besides spelling differences, some explanatory information suitable for each intended audience is added or omitted within individual articles. This is freely acknowledged in the introduction.

Content

The book contains articles which Bryson wrote for the Mail between 1996 and 1998.[1] He discusses a multitude of topics in the articles such as the death penalty, the war on drugs, gardening, commercials, book tours,[2] inefficiency, Thanksgiving, and air travel.

gollark: And technically allows me to punish anyone ever for any reason as long as I am *able* to.
gollark: Rule 7 is a terrible thing to rely on significantly because it provides something like no advance information.
gollark: It's irrelevant now in any case. osmarks internet radio™'s playlist *has* been mildly updated.
gollark: ALL is topical, however.
gollark: Anyway, I mostly ignore religions' threats of hell because they're mutually contradictory , poorly evidenced and vaguely stupid.

References
  1. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/books-notes-from-a-big-country-bill-bryson-1184972.html
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/books-notes-from-a-big-country-bill-bryson-1184972.html
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