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The award-winning author of A Short History of Nearly Everything recounts the story of a pivotal cultural year in the United States when mainstream pursuits and historical events were marked by contributions by such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Al Capone.
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The ghosts of Eden Park : the bootleg king, the women who pursued him, and the murder that shocked jazz- age America
by Karen Abbott
"The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers," writing breathless stories about the Gatsby-esqueevents he and his glamorous second wife, Imogene, host at their Cincinnati mansion, with party favors ranging from diamond jewelry for the men to brand-new Pontiacs for the women. By the summer of 1921, Remus owns 35 percent of all the liquor in the United States. Pioneering prosecutor Mabel Walker Willebrandt is determined to bring him down. Willebrandt's bosses at the U.S. Attorney's office hired her right out of law school, assuming she'd pose no real threat to the cozy relationship they maintain with Remus. Eager to prove them wrong, she dispatches her best investigator, Franklin Dodge, to look into his empire. It's a decision with deadly consequences: with Remus behind bars, Franklin and Imogene begin an affair and plot to ruin him, sparking a bitter feud that soon reaches the highest levels of government--and that can only end in murder. Combining deep historical research with novelistic flair, THE GHOSTS OF EDEN PARK is the unforgettable, stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches entrepreneur and a long-forgotten heroine, of the excesses and absurdities of the Jazz Age, and of the infinite human capacity to deceive"
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Only yesterday : an informal history of the 1920's
by Frederick Lewis Allen
Prohibition. Al Capone. The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals. Black Tuesday. These are only a few of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. First published in 1931, Allen traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of 1929 against a colorful backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, the advent of radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines.
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Women of the 1920s : style, glamour & the avant-garde
by Thomas Bleitner
"Experience the glamor and excitement of the Jazz Age, through the lives of the women who defined it It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafés of Paris to Hollywood's silver screen, women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles. In countless aspects of life, they dared to challenge accepted notions of a "fairer sex," and opened new doors for the generations to come. What's more, they did it with joy, humor, and unapologetic charm. Exploring the lives of seventeen artists, writers, designers, dancers, adventurers, and athletes, this splendidly illustrated book brings together dozens of photographs with an engaging text. In these pages, readers will meet such iconoclastic women as the lively satirist Dorothy Parker, the avant-garde muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, whose stories continue to offer inspiration for our time. Women of the 1920s is a daring and stylish addition to any bookshelf of women's history"
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The Jazz Age : American Style in the 1920s
by Sarah D. Coffin
The decade known as the Jazz Age was a time of growth and fortune, oppression and revolution. Spurred by innovation and the audacity of youth, art and design in the 1920s accommodated the demand for a new American lifestyle. Architects, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and designers alike created unprecedented responses; some looked back for inspiration, and others marched forward with ideas for a new vocabulary to voice the optimism of the day.
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When Paris sizzled : the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends
by Mary Sperling McAuliffe
When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation and behavior all took dramatically new forms. Through rich illustrations and evocative narrative, Mary McAuliffe brings this vibrant era to life.
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Bobbed hair and bathtub gin : writers running wild in the Twenties
by Marion Meade
Traces the intersecting lives of writers Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber, describing how their relationships with such men as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Harold Ross, as well as period attitudes about economic independence and sexual freedom, affected their lives. Reprint.
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New world coming : the 1920s and the making of modern America
by Nathan Miller
A history of the 1920s documents such events as voting rights for women, the Jazz Age, the release of the Model T Ford, and Lindberg's flight over the Atlantic, noting its most significant contributors, its social movements, and the terms of three conservative presidents. 40,000 first printing.
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Anything goes : a biography of the roaring twenties
by Lucy Moore
Profiles key period figures against a backdrop of major events, providing coverage of topics ranging from Prohibition and the birth of Hollywood to the political show trials of Sacco and Vanzetti and the Ku Klux Klan march down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition
by Daniel Okrent
In an entertaining book that is the basis for the Ken Burns documentary for PBS, the author explains how Prohibition happened, what life under Prohibition was like and what it did to the country.
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Zora and Langston : a story of friendship and betrayal
by Yuval Taylor
Traces the story of the literary friendship of Harlem Renaissance figures Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, tracing their folklore-collecting journeys through the 1920s South, their influential creative collaborations and their passionate but mysterious falling out.
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