- Hardcover: 49 pages
- Publisher: Broadway Books (Jun 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0767915062
- ISBN-13: 978-0767915069
- Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 1.1 x 18.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #269,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s after he became a little too saggy to fit into a Tarzan loincloth without depressing popcorn sales among cinema audiences, the great Johnny Weissmuller filled the twilight years of his acting career with a series of low-budget adventure movies with titles like Devil Goddess and Jungle Moon Men, all built around a character called Jungle Jim. Read the first page
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In the late 1940s and early 1950s after he became a little too saggy to fit into a Tarzan loincloth without depressing popcorn sales among cinema audiences, the great Johnny Weissmuller filled the twilight years of his acting career with a series of low-budget adventure movies with titles like Devil Goddess and Jungle Moon Men, all built around a character called Jungle Jim. Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Short and sweet,
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This review is from: Bill Bryson African Diary (Hardcover)
Like Oliver, please s'uh, can I have more? I wonder if Mr. Bryson is considering doing more African countries because African Diary leaves you wanting more, much more; it was a teaser.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and Recommended,
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This review is from: Bill Bryson's African Diary (Hardcover)
I'm a big fan of Bill Bryson and have read most of his works. This book mirrors his other travel books and keen insight into the people and places he visits. There's a little more discussion of local people and their circumstances than some of his other works. Bryson's account is truly moving despite being quite short. The book is only about 50 pages. The book's cover states that royalties and profits from the book will be donated to CARE International. Highly Recommended.
1.0 out of 5 stars
is this a joke?,
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This review is from: Bill Bryson African Diary (Hardcover)
I like Bill Bryson but passing off a 49-page (no, it's not 69 pages in the version I got) diary as a book is a crime. Charging C$19 for that, too, is a ripoff (that's the price I saw it at a bookstore in town).I don't really care that the proceeds are going to CARE. If you want to support CARE just give them the $19. To pay for this atrocity which is basically an account of a week Bryson spent in Kenya. Yes, folks, it's actually a "Kenyan" diary as that's all of the entire continent of Africa he sees. There are also 19 color pics in the "book." Of which Bryson's beard appears in six. Writing this as the "Man With Cigar" at the 2010 Ryder Cup get photoshopped into various pics and is an Internet sensation for this nanosecond, I got the feeling, "Do they really think putting Bryson's beard in a bunch of pics = more sales?" Anyway, very very disappointing and it's written as if Bryson mailed it in. You or I could have easily done a far better job with this diary format than Bryson.
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