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ONE SUMMER
ONE SUMMER
Book Category:
History > United States > 20th Century
Author:
BRYSON, BILL
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780767919401
Price:
USD 28.95
Publication Year:
2013

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Penguin Random House.

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Book Description

One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country--a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capone), eccentrics (Shipwreck Kelly), and close-mouthed politicians (Calvin Coolidge). It was the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things and came of age in a big, brawling manner. What a country. What a summer. And what a writer to bring it all so vividly alive for us on the page in this certain bestseller.