Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

In Made in America, Bill Bryson demythologizes his native landexplaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasnt won, why Americans say lootenant and Toosday, how Americans were eating junk food long before the word itself was cooked upas well as exposing the true origins of the G-string, the original $64,000 question, and Dr. Kellogg of cornflakes fame.