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1. America Has Fun: The Roaring Twenties
 
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2. The Roaring Twenties and Great
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3. The Roaring Twenties: An Eyewitness
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4. Daily Life in the United States,
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5. The Roaring Twenties (Eyewitness
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6. The Roaring Twenties (Perspectives
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7. The Roaring Twenties (World History)
 
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8. Al Capone: And the Roaring Twenties
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9. Rum Row: The Liquor Fleet That
 
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10. History Firsthand - The Roaring
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11. Rumrunning and the Roaring Twenties:
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12. Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame:
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13. Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring
 
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14. Black Atlanta In The Roaring Twenties
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15. The American Earthquake: A Chronicle
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16. Bathing Beauties Of The Roaring
 
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17. Capital of the World: A Portrait
 
18. The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1930
 
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19. Black Atlanta in the Roaring Twenties
 
20. The Roaring Twenties and an Unsettled

1. America Has Fun: The Roaring Twenties (American History Through Primary Sources)
by Sean Price
Paperback: 32 Pages (2008-10-15)
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Asin: 141093120X
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America Has Fun: The Roaring Twenties is a Raintree title. ... Read more

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1-0 out of 5 stars a little too thin
Even if this is a presentation for schoolchildren and other non-experts,
this is a very shallow book which contains nothing of the complexities of 1920s life. Watch "some like it hot" or "Once Upon A Time in America", and you will learn more about the era. ... Read more


2. The Roaring Twenties and Great Depression (American History Series)
by Cindy Barden
 Paperback: 64 Pages (2002-05)
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3. The Roaring Twenties: An Eyewitness History (Facts on File Library of American History)
by Thomas Streissguth
Library Binding: 436 Pages (2001-03)
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Asin: 0816040230
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Eyewitness accounts of life in the 20s
Tom Streissguth's Roaring Twenties ... provides eyewitness accounts of life in the 20s, using diary entries, letters, speeches and newspaper accounts to illustrate historical events. Both common people and famous personalities reveal their personal experiences and insights. A highly recommended, basic pick for high school libraries and public libraries alike ... Read more


4. Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
by David E. Kyvig
Paperback: 350 Pages (2004-09-25)
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Asin: 1566635845
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing urbanization, technological innovation, cultural upheaval, and economic disaster.In this fascinating book, the prize-winning historian David Kyvig describes everyday life in these decades, when automobiles and home electricity became commonplace, when radio and the movies became broadly popular. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars History might repeat itself
Combined with the Forgotten Man this is book offers the reasons to fight not to let the American economy fall into the mess of the 30's and 40's. Just sitting around waiting to be saved is no answer.Knowledge and then action to prevent the situations described in the book are necessary.

5-0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book!
I could not put this book down...certainly was the cause of a few tired mornings at work for keeping me up too late!It covers all the small details of life that most history books never get into.I was fascinated by all the "mundane" aspects of life that the author does a great job of describing in detail. You really get a good sense of what life was like during this time. I highly recommend it.

4-0 out of 5 stars Just What I Was Looking For
There are many books out there about the Depression years, but they usually only give a VERY brief introduction to the era, then begin more or less in October of 1929, and are mostly historical rather than sociological. This author realized the importance to the reader of understanding the decade leading up to the Crash and the Depression, as well as learning about day-to-day life as it was lived by average Americans in order to reach a full understanding of what America was like during this time.This is EXACTLY the approach I was looking for and I was very pleased, indeed, by this volume.It is well-researched and well-written, and relates information I have had trouble finding elsewhere.I highly recommend it for a broad range of ages.

5-0 out of 5 stars A fast read, like an 8th grade social studies text
This was a great read. I like how the author highlighted the social and the economic and the cultural changes that took place during these formative years in 20th century America. You read about the genius, yet uncompromising Henry Ford, who designed the Model T, and later the Model A, but failed in his bid to create a winning farm tractor (they kept tipping over backward).

You will also read about the greed and the heavy loans that banks gave out that led to the 1929 stock market crash. But you will also read about FDR's tremendous reforms: The creation of Social Security, the SEC, the FDIC, the Agricultural Adjustment Act (which was later struck down by the Supreme Court, but reintroduced in a different incarnation based on taxes), TVA, and many others.

I enjoyed reading about how American life changed with the advent of electric light in homes, which led people to read more. The chapters on marriage, divorce, and sexuality were also interesting.

This is a great book about the roaring Twenties and the depressing Thirties.

4-0 out of 5 stars Learning from the first Great Depression (is GDII next?)
If we don't learn from the past....

This book is well-written: it is not a dry, plodding description of the Great Depression of the 30's and the decades before and after.The gaiety of the Roaring Twenties, Prohibition notwithstanding, is well-described, to the extent one can almost step into the post-WWI exhilaration. Only to be followed by financial disaster.

Then the crash of the stock market, explained so that even I, a non-financial-investments person, can comprehend the cause and effects.The daily life, which was what I initially sought to understand, was thoroughly examined from the popular attendance of the new talkies to the government programs initiated to alleviate the dire circumstances of so many people.

I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning from the past: a past that may resemble our future! ... Read more


5. The Roaring Twenties (Eyewitness History Series)
by Thomas Streissguth
Hardcover: 480 Pages (2006-11-30)
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Asin: 0816064237
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6. The Roaring Twenties (Perspectives on History)
Paperback: 60 Pages (1970-01-01)
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The decade of the 1920s began in turmoil and ended in turmoil, but, in between, Americans breezed through the amazing years known as the "Roaring Twenties."Primary sources -- letters, diaries, news accounts, interviews, poetry, and a host of illustrations -- depict Prohibition, gangsters, political corruption, the rebirth of the KKK, new immigration policies, jazz, flappers, movies, sports stars, aviation heroes, easy money, and playing the stock market.
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7. The Roaring Twenties (World History)
by David Pietrusza
Library Binding: 96 Pages (1998-01)
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Asin: 1560063092
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Presents a social history of the United States during the 1920s, a decade of prosperity, Prohibition, Presidential scandals, fads and sensations, controversies, sports heroes, and the stock market crash. ... Read more


8. Al Capone: And the Roaring Twenties (Notorious Americans and Their Times)
by David C. King
 Paperback: Pages (2001-06)
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Reared in an atmosphere of violence and corruption, it is easy to see how Alphonse Capone was destined for a life of crime.Capone raised organized crime to a new level of sophistication, turning the city of Chicago upside down in the process.How did he get away with it?At the heart of these biographies are the stories, not only of infamous individuals, but also of our past.Each title weaves the complex events of an era around the life story of an important historical figure. ... Read more


9. Rum Row: The Liquor Fleet That Fueled the Roaring Twenties
by Robert Carse
Paperback: 192 Pages (2007-02-28)
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Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Really liked this book. Got to the point and the service I received from ordering it was excellent. ... Read more


10. History Firsthand - The Roaring Twenties (hardcover edition)
 Hardcover: 219 Pages (2001-11-01)
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It was an time of flappers, Model T Fords, a soaring stock market, Lucky Lindy and bootleg gin. The Roaring Twenties relives the 1920s through the eyes of those who witnessed it first hand, and brings the excitement, frivolity, and cultural transformation of that era to life. (20020701) ... Read more


11. Rumrunning and the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway (Great Lakes Books)
by Philip P. Mason
Hardcover: 182 Pages (1995-08)
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Prohibition era smuggling of contraband liquor in Michigan. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars excellent illustrations and pictures of the period
One of the few concise looks at a colorful er ... Read more


12. Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame: Love and Madness in the Roaring Twenties--An Incredible True Story
by Donald Bain
Paperback: 268 Pages (2004-11-01)
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This book recounts a famous turf war raged during Prohibition. Charlie Birger's outsized ambitions brought him from New York to southern Illinois in search of fortune as a bootlegger. He soon found that his dream to be "even bigger than Al Capone" faced a few hurdles-including the vicious Shelton Brothers and Helen Holbrook, a beautiful, alcoholic socialite from Shawneetown, whose simultaneous affairs with Birger and Carl Shelton fueled a bloody and bizarre gang war. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars awesome book, bad description
this book is an excellent book for people who just like a good gangster story, but it is especially good for people interested in true crime or anyone from southern illinois.the product description on this page is inaccurate though.i wont get into the issues specifically but almost all of it is wrong.read this book anyway.charlie birger remains one of the most interesting characters to come from prohibition americana and so is the shawnee town dame. ... Read more


13. Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties
by Eric Mills
Hardcover: 232 Pages (2000-03-01)
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5-0 out of 5 stars A great historical survey of Prohibition in Chesapeake Bay.
In Chesapeake Rumrunners Of The Roaring Twenties, Eric Mills tells the story of Prohibition in Chesapeake Bay country with a memorable cast the includes watermen and steamer captains, mob racketeers, and "legitimate" businessmen who took advantage of a nation's thirstfor alcohol to make their fortunes smuggling booze into the country. Thesaga also had Billy Sunday and an army of temperance crusaders campaigningto encourage Prohibition, federal agents and Coast Guardsmen burdened withthe impossible task of holding back the tide of alcohol from coming intothe country. In a maze of Bay waters, smuggler boats played a key role inthe illicit traffic, and were built for speed and the ability toout-maneuver the law while being disguised as ordinary work boats.Chesapeake Rumrunners Of The Roaring Twenties is a vivid, highlyrecommended history drawing on news reports, government records, and locallore to recreate an incredible time where some men sought to change humannature and before through the force of an unpopular law, and others soughtto make their fortunes in defiance of that same law.

5-0 out of 5 stars A Lively Jaunt Through a Bygone Era
This fast-paced, readable chronicle of an almost forgotten era in American history fills a longstanding void.The fact that it is immensely entertaining,as well as informative, makes it doubly valuable.Itprovides a thorough, understandable history of the social forces at play inthe nation which led to the passage of the 18th Amendment and to theinevitability of its Repeal.

The author has done it again with this finecompanion to his superb CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE CIVIL WAR.Bravo, EricMills!

5-0 out of 5 stars Another Splendid Effort By Mills
Eric Mills has mastered the rare ability to bring back the past through skillful and imaginative writing. A terrific book. ... Read more


14. Black Atlanta In The Roaring Twenties (Images of America)
by Herman, Jr. Mason
 Paperback: 128 Pages (1997-02)
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15. The American Earthquake: A Chronicle Of The Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression, And The Dawn Of The New Deal
by Edmund Wilson
Paperback: 576 Pages (1996-03-21)
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Asin: 0306806967
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During a twelve-month period in 1930 and 1931, Edmund Wilson wrote a series of lengthy articles which he then collected in a book called American Jitters: A Year of the Slump. The resulting chronicle was hailed by the New York Times as "the best reporting that the period of depression has brought forth in the United States," and forms the heart of the present volume. In prose that is by turns dramatic and naturalistic, inflammatory and evocative, satirical and droll, Wilson painted an unforgettable portrait of a time when "the whole structure of American society seemed actually to be going to pieces." The American Earthquake bookends this chronicle with a collection of Wilson's non-literary articles—including criticism, reportage, and some fiction—from the years of "The Follies," 1923–1928, and the dawn of the New Deal, 1932–1934. During this period, Wilson had grown from a little-known journalist to one of the most important American literary and social critics of the century. The American Earthquake amply conveys the astonishing breadth of Wilson's talent, provides an unparalleled vision of one of the most troubling periods in American history, and, perhaps inadvertently, offers a self-portrait comparable to The Education of Henry Adams.
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5-0 out of 5 stars manu
i think this is a very good book prescribed.AMAZON.COM&iliked it very much. ... Read more


16. Bathing Beauties Of The Roaring '20s
Hardcover: 96 Pages (2004-12-04)
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The surf isn't the only thing turbulent in these shoreline images of over 100 nubile beauties. Women dressed in the period's latest beach fashions charmed first their photographers, then the world. Their fascinating, playful, and sometimes evocative images were transformed into postcards and sent with holiday vacation greetings to friends and family worldwide. Take a dip back in time, to an era when women were joyfully expressing an emerging sense of equality and freedom. ... Read more


17. Capital of the World: A Portrait of New York City in the Roaring Twenties
by David Wallace, Marianne Strong Literary Agency
 Hardcover: 288 Pages (2011-06-01)
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In the same absorbing style that characterized his bestseller Lost Hollywood—here complemented by more than twenty archival photos—David Wallace presents a richly detailed, reader-friendly chronicle of the Prohibition-era personalities and events that made New York City the cultural and financial capital of the world. Sex, sin, song, work, sports, play—all these aspects of New York and more are told through a rich array of anecdotes and “inside” profiles of the individuals that personified them in a defining decade.

 

The Roaring Twenties swept through other cities, too—including Paris, London, and Berlin. But New York City roared the loudest, and what happened in the Big Apple during that era of social, economic, and cultural prosperity forever altered the way people lived.

 

As no book has to date, Capital of the World brings alive this giant of a city in this dizzying time—a period that saw Prohibition, the rise of the Mafia, the birth of radio and mass communication, and the beginnings of gossip as a business. This was also an era abuzz with the arts, film, fashion, jazz, and speakeasies. An era in which a burgeoning new media popularized baseball, boxing, and other sports as never before. This was when women achieved the right to vote, and when the automobile revolutionized the lives of millions. And New York City was at the center of it all.

 

Among the many personality driven themes so richly addressed in Capital of the World:

 

* Crime in 1920s New York —with a chapter on Mafia boss Lucky Luciano

* Politics: Mayor Jimmy Walker, the city’s beloved “Gentleman Jim”

* Architecture: The Chrysler Building

* Literature: F. Scott Fitzgerald

* Sex: Madame Polly Adler

* Drink: Speakeasy owner Texas Guinan

* Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald

* Magazines: Harold Ross at The New Yorker and Henry Luce at Time

* The Literati and Thinkers: Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Hotel

* Sports: Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, and Bobby Jones

* Dance: Martha Graham

* And the list goes on.

 

 

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18. The Roaring Twenties, 1920-1930 (This Fabulous Century)
 Hardcover: Pages (1991-07)
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19. Black Atlanta in the Roaring Twenties (GA) (Images of America)
by Herman Skip Mason Jr.
 Paperback: 128 Pages (1997-11-01)
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Asin: 0738567108
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Long before it came to prominence as the model city

of the New South, as well as earning the title "the

new Motown," Atlanta was a hotbed of entertainment,

business, and civic life for African Americans. At the same time that Harlem was undergoing its acclaimed renaissance, Atlanta could boast of excellent colleges, a thriving social environment, and an entertainment scene that could rival those of much larger cities. From Auburn Avenue, the hub of the city's African-American activity, a spirit of vibrant change and excitement radiated out to reach people across America. ... Read more


20. The Roaring Twenties and an Unsettled Peace (1919-1929) (The Twentieth Century, 2)
by Visual Ed
 Hardcover: 6 Pages (1992)

Isbn: 0028974441
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