Giants in their time
representative Americans from the Jazz Age to the Cold War
by Norman K. Risjord · 2005
"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.
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