After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of and -decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "That 3.7 million americans believed that they had b...After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of and -decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "That 3.7 million americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.") but before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.