Patricia C. (pat) reviewed on 3/20/2007 + 37 more book reviews

A pefectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism. Prohibition. Al Capone. The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals. Black Tuesday. These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. Frederick Lewis Allen provides a vivid and definitive account of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating decades. Chronicling a time of both joy and terror when dizzying highs were quickly succeeded by heartbreaking lows.

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