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  • A Biography of the Roaring Twenties
  • By: Lucy Moore
  • Narrated by: Joan Walker
  • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)
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By: Lucy Moore
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Summary

America in the 1920s was a place of drama, tension, and hedonism. It glittered and seduced: jazz, flappers, the birth of Hollywood, and a glamorous gangster-led crime scene flourishing under prohibition.

But it was also punctuated by momentous events. such as the political show trials and the huge Ku Klux Klan march. It also produced a splendid array of writers, musicians, and film stars, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Bessie Smith and Charlie Chaplin.

This is an exhilarating portrait of the era of invention, glamour and excess.
©2009 Lucy Moore (P)2010 Oakhill Publishing Ltd
Music United States Europe 19th Century 20th Century Social Sciences
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"[A]chieves its obvious, if unstated aim of being an enjoyable readable romp through the period." (Telegraph)

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Fascinating social history

I'm doing a lot of 20th century history at the moment and this is a good read. It concentrates just on the 1920s, but what a decade! Politics, gangsters, high finance, movies and scandal - it's all here. The world changed radically and this book gives you a great picture of social changes and great events.

This book goes nicely with a weekend of hot jazz, Nancy Mitford's novels and your granny's cocktail recipes!

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Very Good

Very informative and entertaining too. Although you can only cover so much of a decade in one book this one does a great job.

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