Allen presents the first coherent account that we have seen of the oil scandals that will eventually make the Harding regime match that of President Grant and the Credit Mobilier story in history books of the future.” - New York Times Besides telling the story of the bull market in fine perspective, Mr. “A perfectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism.” - Chicago Daily Tribune Critical Praise 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. Allen’s lively narrative brings back a wealth of forgotten events, fashions, and absurdities, uniquely capturing the feel of a long-forgotten era.įrederick Lewis Allen (1890 - 1954) was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1912. Written in 1931, author Frederick Lewis Allen captures the decade in all its scandalous glory: Prohibition and the rise of speakeasies, flappers and the rise of hemlines, and prosperity and the rise of stock prices. Only Yesterday tells the story of the Roaring Twenties - the decade that really began with the Armistice in November 1918 and ended in economic catastrophe and the Great Depression in 1929.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |