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Tag Archives: 1920s
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited: The Secular and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder© 1945 Evelyn Waugh350 pages My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. These memories, which are my life–for we possess nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged "classic", 1920s, Catholicism, Classics and Literary, Classics Club Challenge, English Literature, Evelyn Waugh
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Last Call
Last Call: the Rise and Fall of Prohibition © 2010 Daniel Okrent 480 pages “Law and order should not ruin the lives of law-abidin’ people! Like that stupid law of Prohibition they had in the old days. Gangsters had to go … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1920s, America, food and drink, Gilded Age, history, law and disorder
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Behind the Mask of Chivalry
Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Klan© 1995 Nancy MacLean336 pages I’m a faithful follower of Brother John Birch, and I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church — and I ain’t even got a garage, … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 1920s, American South, cults and conspiracies, fascism, gangs tribes and parties, history, social change
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Hanging Curve
Hanging Curve © 1999 Troy Soos272 pages St. Louis, 1922. Babe Ruth reigns as the king of baseball. Mickey Rawlings is no king, not even a prince, but he is at least in the peerage: a utility infielder for the … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged 1920s, baseball, Civil Rights, historical fiction, mystery, race
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