Title: Giants in their time
Subtitle: representative Americans from the Jazz Age to the Cold War
First published: 2005
Description: "From the 1920s to the end of World War II, the American experience was one of unbounded optimism, monumental achievements, and tragic loss. In Giants in Their Time, the latest volume in the Representative Americans series, noted historian Norman K. Risjord uses biographical sketches to create a composite portrait of the United States during this exciting, and trying period."--Jacket.
Subjects: Biography, Celebrities, History, Biography, 20th century, United states, biography, United states, history, 20th century
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century