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Author
Series
John Sutter volume 1
Language
English
Description
John Sutter, an upper-class Wall Street lawyer, agrees to defend his new neighbor, a Mafia don, in a sensational murder trial.
3) The 1930s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the troubled 1930s, focusing on the Depression, the Dust Bowl phenomenon, formation of labor unions, the rise of organized crime, and the Golden Age of radio.
6) The 1940s
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of one of the pivotal decades of the twentieth century, a period of transition and crisis for the nation and for its citizens.
7) Annie
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
9) Annie
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"It's a hard-knock life for America's favorite orphan! Everyone knows the story of the irrepressible Annie, who lives at Miss Hannigan's orphanage until she beats the odds and finds a new life with the benevolent and wealthy Daddy Warbucks. Annie has enchanted millions of readers from her original comic strip appearance to the hit Broadway musical. Now, with a Tony-nominated revival playing on Broadway, Puffin is reissuing this novelization of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Flappers, flag-pole sitting, and the Ford Model T--these are just a few of the things that instantly conjure up a unique era--the Roaring Twenties. It was the bees' knees, the cat's meow. If you're not familiar with 1920s slang, all the more reason to read this fascinating look at that wild, exciting decade. It began on the heels of one tragedy--the flu pandemic of 1918--and ended with another: the start of the Great Depression. But in between there...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Offers a firsthand portrait of America on the homefront during the early days of World War II, describing the dramatic changes that were occurring throughout the nation as it was transformed from a civilian society to a wartime one.
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