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William Eugene Bryson Sr. (March 3, 1915 – January 31, 1986) was an American sportswriter who wrote for The Des Moines Register from 1937 until his retirement, in 1978. He covered 32 consecutive World Series .
Bryson was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Bill Bryson Sr., a sports journalist who worked for 50 years at The Des Moines Register, and Agnes Mary (née McGuire), the home furnishings editor at the same newspaper. [9] [10] His mother was of Irish descent. [11]
Bryson was born on December 8, 1951. He spent his childhood growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, part of the baby-boom generation born in the post-war years. He describes his early life and his parents, Bill Sr. and Mary Bryson. His father was a well-known sports writer for The Des Moines Register, the leading newspaper in Des Moines.
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The book starts with Bryson explaining his curiosity about the Appalachian Trail near his house. He and his old friend Stephen Katz start hiking the trail from Georgia in the South, and stumble in the beginning with the difficulties of getting used to their equipment; Bryson also soon realizes how difficult it is to travel with his friend, who is a crude, overweight recovering alcoholic, and ...
Feb. 20—Bill Bryson has a way with words. Whether it's about heavenly bodies or the body we walk around in or the world we send our bodies through, Bryson can explain things in a way that's easy ...
Bill Bryson (politician) (1898–1973), Australian politician; Bill Bryson Sr. (1915–1986), American sports journalist; Craig Bryson (born 1986), Scottish footballer; Dean F. Bryson (1910–1995), American attorney, 77th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court; E. Brent Bryson (born 1957), American attorney; George Bryson Jr. (1852 ...
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