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Essentials. Pivotal events, war, and conflict. Episode 162, The Roaring 20s
The Roaring 20s was a decade of extremes in the United States, as the country slowly moved from boom to bust. So how did an era of peace and prosperity end with the Great Depression?
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The great Gatsby
A social satire and a milestone in 20th century literature, 'The Great Gatsby' peels away the layers of the glamorous twenties in the U.S. to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.
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Strike Up the Band
A spirited chronicle of New York's economic and cultural boom during the outstanding decade of the Roaring Twenties. This is the story of the zest for life that gripped New York in the postwar years of the 1920s. The decade ushered in an era of almost unprecedented prosperity and economic expansion that made New York the powerhouse of America and fueled a wave of creativity in music, fashion, literature, and architecture. Strike Up the Band explores how the city became a magnet for a host of outstanding personalities, from literary figures to sports stars, musicians, composers, and journalists, and pays a visit to the places they frequented, such as the Cotton Club and Broadway theaters. From the skyline to the sidewalk, the city itself also transformed as it was redeveloped in the 1920s building boom, with Art Deco becoming the style that dominated the new era.
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The hollows
\"Jess Montgomery showcases her skills as a storyteller in the second in her Kinship mystery series. The Hollows is a powerful, big-hearted and exquisitely written follow-up to her acclaimed debut The Widows. Ohio, 1926: For many years, the underground railroad track in Moonvale Tunnel has been used as a short cut through the Appalachian hills. When an elderly woman is killed walking along the tracks, the brakeman tells tales of seeing a ghostly female figure dressed all in white. Newly elected Sheriff Lily Ross is called on to the case to dispel the myths, but Lily does not believe that an old woman would wander out of the hills onto the tracks. In a county where everyone knows everyone, how can someone have disappeared, when nobody knew they were missing? As ghost stories and rumors settle into the consciousness of Moonvale Hollow, Lily tries to search for any real clues to the woman's identity. With the help of her friend Marvena Whitcomb, Lily follows the woman's trail to The Hollows-an asylum is northern Antioch County-and they begin to expose secrets long-hidden by time and the mountains\"-- Provided by publisher.
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DK timelines. Season 1, episode 26, The 1920s
This is a timeline of the Roaring Twenties - a decade of unrivaled optimism and plenty, as many Americans – flush with cash – luxuriated in new sights, sounds and ways of life. But all came to an end as the economic boom turned to bust.
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Women of the 1920s : style, glamour & the avant-garde
\"Experience the glamor and excitement of the Jazz Age, through the lives of the women who defined it It was a time of unimagined new freedoms. From the cafâes of Paris to Hollywood's silver screen, women were exploring new modes of expression and new lifestyles. In countless aspects of life, they dared to challenge accepted notions of a \"fairer sex,\" and opened new doors for the generations to come. What's more, they did it with joy, humor, and unapologetic charm. Exploring the lives of seventeen artists, writers, designers, dancers, adventurers, and athletes, this splendidly illustrated book brings together dozens of photographs with an engaging text. In these pages, readers will meet such iconoclastic women as the lively satirist Dorothy Parker, the avant-garde muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, whose stories continue to offer inspiration for our time. Women of the 1920s is a daring and stylish addition to any bookshelf of women's history\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Blues on Stage
Blues on Stage presents a new history of the development
of the \"Classic Blues\" of the 1920s, offering a comprehensive
review of various Black singers who recorded and were influential
in this era, including Bessie Smith, Trixie Smith, Butterbeans and
Susie, and Ma Rainey. The business of music recording and
publishing, including songwriting and touring theater circuits, is
explored as part of the narrative of how and when these artists
became nationally popular. The most highly regarded singers of this
period were not folk or rural artists, but rather highly
experienced stage professionals whose careers often extended two
decades or more prior to their first recordings. These artists,
some of the most famous acts on the Black vaudeville and tent show
circuits, were preceded in the recording studio by many cabaret and
nightclub singers with a different entertainment perspective and
were followed by artists who came from a more rural, less
professional background. For anyone interested in the roots of jazz
and blues, Blues on Stage offers a new and comprehensive
introduction to the development of this American musical style.
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In 1926 : living at the edge of time
Gumbrecht evokes the year 1926 through explorations of such things as bars, boxing, movie palaces, hunger artists, airplanes, hair gel, bullfighting, film stardom, and dance crazes. From the vantage points of Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New York, the reader is immersed in the activities, entertainments, and thought patterns of the citizens of 1926.
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