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I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF.
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First trade paperback edition published 2000.

Illustrated by Alan Baker

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as:
Bryson, Bill.
                  I’m a stranger here myself: notes on returning to America after 20 years
                  away / Bill Bryson.—1st ed.
                                                      p. cm.
                  1. United States—Description and travel—Anecdotes.
                  2. United States—Social life and customs—1971– —Anecdotes.
                  3. Bryson, Bill—Anecdotes. I. Title.
                  E169.04.B778 1999
                  973.92—dc21                                                                                          99-18074
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           CIP

eISBN: 978-0-7679-3118-2

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