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RSN: 000052968792 ISBN: 9780552779401 9780552772563 (pbk.) : Call Number: 973.915 Dates: Bryson, Bill, Name of Publisher: London :Black Swan,2014. Attachments: 671 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations (black and white) ;20 cm. Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy. With the trademark brio, wit and authority that has made him Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction, he brings to life a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and changed the world for ever. Subject: Social history. Manners and customs. Social conditions. Subject: United States. ------------------------------ 920392654 Available at Grenfell Non Fiction HIS 973.915 BRY -----------------------------------------------