Only Yesterday
An Informal History of the 1920s
A history of roaring prosperity-and economic cataclysm: The one account of America in the 1920s against which all others must be measured (The Washington Post). Beginning November 11, 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson declared the end of World War I in a letter to the American public, and continuing through his defeat, Prohibition, the Big Red Scare, the rise of women's hemlines, and the stock market crash of 1929, Only Yesterday, published just two years after the crash, chronicles a decade like no other. Allen, who witnessed firsthand the events he describes, immerses you in the era of flappers, speakeasies, and early radio, making you fe…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5040-1137-2
- EAN: 9781504011372
- Produktnummer: 22321189
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 337 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'985 KB
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Frederick Lewis Allen (1890-1954) was born in Boston, studied at Groton, and graduated from Harvard in 1912. He was assistant and associate editor of Harper's Magazine for eighteen years, then the magazine's sixth editor in chief for twelve years until his death. In addition to The Lords of Creation, Allen was well known for Only Yesterday, Since Yesterday, and The Big Change.
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