description: Prohibition. Al Capone. The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals, Black Tuesday. These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of 1929 against the colorful backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. Hailed as an instant classic, this is Frederick Lewis Allen's vivid and definitive account of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating decades, chronicling a time of both joy and terror when dizzying highs were quickly succeeded by heartbreaking lows.
language: English
title: Only Yesterday
titlecomplete: Only Yesterday
genres: The United States Of America, 20th Century, Research, History, Sociology, American, American History, Nonfiction, Historical, Classics
ratings_count: 2164
places: The United States of America
publisher: Perennial Library