Frederick allen only yesterday6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a fond, witty, penetrating biography of this restless decade-a delightful reminiscence for those who can remember and a fascinating firsthand look for those who have only heard. Hailed as an instant classic, this is Frederick Lewis Allen's 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. Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen A near-contemporaneous and well written narrative of the 1920’s that still feels fresh today. In this span between armistice and depression, Americans were kicking up their heels, but they were also bringing about major changes in the social and political structure of their country. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of 1929 against a colorful backdrop of jazz, flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. ![]() These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. ![]()
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