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Eric burns 19206/19/2023 ![]() And while 1920 is thought of as starting a prosperous era, for most people, life had never been more unaffordable. Despite being the first full year of armistice, 1920 was not, in fact, a peaceful time-it contained the greatest act of terrorism in American history to date. Burns sets the record straight about this most misunderstood and iconic of periods. Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year of 1920, which was not only a crucial twelve-month period of its own, but one that foretold the future, foreshadowing the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, whether it was Sacco and Vanzetti or the stock market crash that brought this era to a close. No one has yet written a book about the decade’s beginning. But how did this surge of innovation and cultural milestones emerge out of the ashes of The Great War? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Roaring Twenties” is the only decade in American history with a widely applied nickname, and our collective fascination with this era continues. ![]()
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