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One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson
2013, 509 pages
Nonfiction
Beloved author Bill Bryson returns to the forefront with an admirable narrative and a compelling concept. In One Summer: America, 1927, Bryson expertly explores the various events and personalities that conspired to make history in four unforgettable months. Among his subjects: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the rest of the ’27 Yankees, still considered one of the best teams in baseball history; Charles Lindbergh, aviation wunderkind and the first pilot to make a transatlantic crossing; Al Capone and the rise of political corruption, as America tries its hand at Prohibition; Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and the first signs of the stock market crash that would usher in the Great Depression, and much more. Though much of Bryson’s customary wit is lacking, history buffs will doubtless enjoy this well-researched work about one of the most thrilling and significant periods in America’s recent history.
