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The jazz age : the 20s / by the editors of Time-Life Books.
LIBRA - Special E784 .J39 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Our American century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jazz.
- Nineteen twenties.
- History.
- United States.
- United States--History--1919-1933.
- United States--History--1919-1933--Pictorial works.
- Nineteen twenties--Pictorial works.
- Jazz--1921-1930--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, [1998]
- Summary:
- A look at the notable events and personalities of the 1920s such as Gertrude Ederle, Sacco and Vanzetti, Al Capone, President Harding, Miss America, prohibition and more.
- Contents:
- The quest for normalcy
- Flaming youth : a rebellious generation
- Flight : humanity takes to the air
- All that jazz : Black America's gift to the world
- Boom and bust : a nation of gamblers
- The sports stars : legends of the golden age
- Prohibition : an invitation to lawlessness
- A lively press : the birth of the tabloids
- Notables : a gallery of greats
- Fads and ballyhoo : crazes that captured the nation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0783555091
- 9780783555096
- OCLC:
- 39706802
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