Billy Connollys Tracks Across Americ..., Billy Connolly
Billy Connollys Tracks Across Americ..., Billy Connolly
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Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
The travel memoir from bestselling author and the nation's favourite comedian Billy Connolly

Author: Billy Connolly

Narrator: David Monteath

Unabridged: 6 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2016


Synopsis

An epic trip across America with much-loved national treasure and comedy legend, Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly has spent much of his life in the United States, where he now lives. It's a country he knows and loves a great deal, but even someone as well-travelled as Billy can always discover new things about such a vast nation. So he's off on the move again, this time via the tracks of the great railroads that helped to build the country.

Billy's adventure takes him on an incredible trip through the backyard of America, tracing the routes taken by the first European settlers westwards from Chicago to California, then back down south and eastwards through Arizona, Texas, Alabama and finally New York, over 6,000 miles and 26 states later.

It's a journey through a country you don't get to see from 30,000 feet in the air - the real America of friendly people with fascinating tales to tell which not only give us an insight into their lives, but also into the life of their great homeland. And it's a journey that couldn't be shared with a more entertaining companion.

Hop aboard and join Billy on a trip you'll never forget.

About Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly, CBE is a much-loved Scottish comedian, musician, TV presenter, actor, and artist. Now a 'welder statesman', he is the recipient of a BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award and is regularly voted the nation's favourite stand-up comedian. His collected stand-up routines, TALL TALES & WEE STORIES, was a No.1 bestseller and has spent over a year in the Sunday Times' charts. Billy was born and raised in Glasgow and now lives in America


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophie on November 10, 2024

An excellent book and well worth reading. It is clear now that Billy is slowing down under the affliction of Parkinson's but he hasn't lost any of his ability to charm us with the interesting, out of the way places that he finds himself in and the fascinating people he meets along the way. Thanks fo......more

My View: There is even something for the true crime reader fan – (p.266) The Murder Dolls: CSI Miniature  This section is fascinating – all about the dioramas of violent and brutal crimes designed by Frances Glessner Lee for student medical examiners to practice their skills, fascinating! This book i......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on May 14, 2016

Scottish actor-comedian Billy Connolly takes a trip across America on The Sunset Express. He makes quick work of big cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, and Baltimore but lingers in in the more out-of-the-way, quirky locations, relishing his time with the unusual people and places that he runs across.......more

Goodreads review by Hella on August 09, 2021

Thanks for the great recommendation, Dianne! I love a good travelogue any day, too. I liked the combination of serious, significant locations such as Birmingham and the nuclear rocket sites along with the whimsical, such as the Frog Capital of the World in Louisiana.......more

Goodreads review by Translator on February 14, 2019

A fun read, not great, but at times quite interesting. Billy Connolly's apparently got a television show that features all of the locations and quirky personalities he ran into during this trip - I couldn't help but wonder if he really needed to milk it that badly to make ends meet for production c......more