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The book is a history of the summer of 1927 in the United States. It was published in October 2013 by Doubleday. The book focuses on various key events of that summer as lenses through which to view American life: what it had recently been and what it was becoming.
- Bill Bryson
- 2013
Jun 3, 2014 · In Newark, New Jersey, Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly sat atop a flagpole for twelve days, and in Chicago, the gangster Al Capone was tightening his grip on bootlegging. The first true “talking picture,” Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer, was filmed, forever changing the motion picture industry.
- Bill Bryson
- $13.19
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Aug 1, 2013 · One Summer: America, 1927 is a social history of the United States in the year 1927, organized around the famous personalities of the day and their accomplishments that year, with plenty of back-story for context and entertainment. Bryson’s amusing and often witty writing style was a bonus.
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- Hardcover
Nov 22, 2013 · Bill Bryson chronicles one season in American history, when Lindbergh flew, Babe Ruth hit and Calvin Coolidge vacationed.
Oct 1, 2013 · From a tabloid murder trial to a flagpole-sitting record to the secret origins of the looming Great Depression, One Summer offers a new look at a transitional period in history, re-introducing us to such characters as Capone, Jack Dempsey, Al Jolson, Charles Ponzi, and Herbert Hoover.
- Doubleday
- $15.78
Oct 1, 2013 · From a tabloid murder trial to a flagpole-sitting record to the secret origins of the looming Great Depression, One Summer offers a new look at a transitional period in history, re-introducing us to such characters as Capone, Jack Dempsey, Al Jolson, Charles Ponzi, and Herbert Hoover.
Jun 3, 2014 · Overview. A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book. A GoodReads Reader's Choice. The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record.
