{"product_id":"only-yesterday-an-informal-history-of-the-1920s-9780060956653","title":"Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A perfectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism.\" -- \u003cem\u003eChicago Daily Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday \u003c\/em\u003edeals with that delightful decade from the Armistice in November 1918 to the panic and depression of 1929-30. Here is the story of Woodrow Wilson's defeat, the Harding scandals, the Coolidge prosperity, the revolution in manners and morals, the bull market and its smash-up. Allen's lively narrative brings back an endless variety of half-forgotten events, fashions, crazes, and absurdities. Deftly written, with a humorous touch, \u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e traces, beneath the excitements of day-to-day life in the 20s, those currents in national life and thought which are the essence of true history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllen, Frederick L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrederick Lewis Allen was born in Boston in 1890 and graduated from Harvard in 1912. He served on the editorial staffs of the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly and Century\u003c\/em\u003e magazines and was editor in chief of Harper's magazine from 1941 until his death in 1954\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50655294423314,"sku":"9780060956653","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bd046900-1dbb-4ed8-973d-a96117e6a56e.jpg?v=1733378702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-yesterday-an-informal-history-of-the-1920s-9780060956653","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}