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The author's signature humor and whimsy captures the outsized personalities, exciting events, and occasional weirdness of this unusual year that includes Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic, Babe Ruth's 60th home run, The Jazz Singer "talking film", and a secret meeting of 4 powerful central bankers on Long Island that set the stage for the Great Depression. [From publisher's description]
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This book covers all aspects of 1920s political, artistic, popular, and economic culture in America, examining cultural and social advancement as well as various forms of oppression in the United States, including the rise of tabloid journalism and mass media, the banning and reinstatement of alcohol, and the advent of voting rights for women and Native Americans. It includes topical and biographical entries, primary documents, sample essay questions,...
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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence,...
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