TY - BOOK AU - Burns,Eric TI - 1920: the year that made the decade roar SN - 1605987727 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - Pegasus Books KW - Nineteen twenty, A.D KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - 1918-1945 KW - History KW - 1919-1933 KW - Social conditions KW - 1918-1932 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-337) and index; "Two sheets of flame" -- Homeland security -- The long, black night of the spirits -- Resolutions and sentiments -- Civil wrongs -- The robber barons and their serfs -- The beginning of Ponzi's dream -- The ignoble experiment -- Planning parenthood -- The end of Ponzi's scheme -- The closed door in the White House -- On the air -- The Ohio gangsters -- The investigation -- Uproar in the arts -- The "jass" age -- The flapper N2 - Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year of 1920, which was not only a crucial twelve-month period of its own, but one that foretold the future, foreshadowing the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, whether it was Sacco and Vanzetti or the stock market crash that brought this era to a close ER -