The Aspirin Age, 1919-1941

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Isabel Leighton
Simon and Schuster, 1949 - History - 491 pages
An eclectic collection of twenty-two essays that describe significant events and people in American history in the years between the two world wars. It covers such diverse topics as the death of President Warren Harding; the Jack Dempsey/Gene Tunney prize fights; Charles Lindbergh; the Dionne Quintuplets, the Ku Klux Klan, et cetera Some are quite humorous while others are serious and thought provoking; others show the obvious bias of the writer. The book was written in 1949 and some of the essays are rather ironic when read in the present day. It is an enjoyable look at the inter-war years in America and the variety of the topics adds interest for any reader of American history.

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1920
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1921
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