Full name: The United States of Australia: An Aussie Bloke Explains Australia to Americans

Author: Cameron Jamieson Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel Culture: Australia Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781508443766 1508443769

The United States of Australia is a hilarious and educational introduction to Australia and its quirky inhabitants. Written for Americans, but equally amusing to anyone visiting the shores of the Great Southern Land, this book examines the relationship between Australia and the U.S., including how Australians view their American cousins. The author has plenty of experience of working and dealing with Americans. He is married to an American nurse and has lived his life within the massive cultural influence that America has shared with Australia since the Second World War. The author's stories are brimming with empathy and jokes for his American audience. The book is written from the opinion of an Aussie Bloke and the easy-to-digest chapters are just long enough to leave the reader smiling and well informed. Topics include Blokes and Sheilas, Bloody Foster's, Dangerous Creatures, Talking to Dogs, The GAFA, Speaking Strail-yun and Working for the Queen. Confused? You won't be after reading this book! Similar books: The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz Foreign Correspondence by Geraldine Brooks Falling Off the Map by Pico Iyer Tracks by Robyn Davidson Lone Traveller by Anne Mustoe Strange Country by Mark Dapin A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell The Beach by Alex Garland A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed by Andrew Doughty Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine A Fine Romance by Susan Branch