Only Yesterday - An Informal History of the Nineteen Twenties

from Schmerguls

253. Only Yesterday An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties, by Frederick Lewis Allen (read 21 May 1946) I started reading this book on May 19, 1946. The next day I said: "Reading in Only Yesterday. Golly, what queer people lived in the 1920's." I made no further comment on the book but I we...

from tloeffler

I found this to be one of the most fascinating history books I have ever read. The book was originally written in 1931, so the information and comments in the book were untainted by later events. Allen's writing style is casual, informative, and peppered with hilarious asides that kept me engaged...

from ladycato

This is an approachable, fascinating overview of the 1920s, covering everything from popular culture to hemlines to the Florida land boom to the stock market crash. The original edition was published in 1931 (and is available as a free legal download through the New York Public Library at archive...

from MelissaLenhardt

I'm not very far in but am excited to read about an era of American history that I've only nominally been interested in.

from VashonJim

I had to read this book for a class I was taking and was absolutely fascinated with Allen's look inside the 1920s.