Bill Bryson takes a look at the summer of 1927 and with
brief and illuminating discussions of the
antecedents of the events of that summer. Charles Lindbergh, record floods in
the Mississippi basin, flagpole sitting, Clara Bow, talkies, Herbert Hoover,
Calvin Coolidge, Al Capone, Sacco and Vanzetti, Henry Ford, Babe Ruth and more are all featured in this
entertaining and fascinating look at what our ancestors were up to almost a
ninety years ago. I am not a fan of baseball but even the stuff about Babe Ruth
was pretty interesting. Bill Bryson has
a real gift for making history come alive by telling the human story not just a
bunch of dry facts. He knows how to get personal with his
subject matter and doesn't shy away from the unsavory aspects of the story. It
was a pleasure to read this entertaining and informative book.
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