Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s

by Frederick L Allen

Overview

“A style that is verve itself.” — New York Times

“A perfectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism.”
— Chicago Daily Tribune

From Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor-in-chief of Harper’s magazine, comes a classic history of 1920s America, from the end of World War I to the stock market crash and the beginning of The Great Depression. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday has an exuberance and proximity to its subject—the Roaring Twenties in all its scandal and glory—that uniquely captures the feel of the era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060956653
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	06/29/2010
Series:	Perennial Classics
Edition description:	1ST PERENN
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	272,233
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Frederick Lewis Allen was born in Boston in 1890 and graduated from Harvard in 1912. He served on the editorial staffs of the Atlantic Monthly and Century magazines and was editor in chief of Harper's magazine from 1941 until his death in 1954

Table of Contents

Prelude: May, 1919.

Back to Normalcy.

The Big Red Scare.

America Convalescent.

The Revolution in Manners and Morals.

Harding and the Scandals.

Coolidge Prosperity.

The Ballyhoo Years.

The Revolt of the Highbrows.

Alcohol and Al Capone.

Home, Sweet Florida.

The Big Bull Market.

Crash!

Aftermath: 1930-31.

Appendix.

Index.