Since Yesterday, Frederick Lewis Allen
Since Yesterday, Frederick Lewis Allen
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Since Yesterday
The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929 to September 3, 1939

Author: Frederick Lewis Allen

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2010

Synopsis

In this panorama of the thirties, Frederick Lewis Allen combines an eye for the significant trivia of everyday existence with a facility for neatly dissecting the political monoliths of the era. Whether discussing the varieties of bathtub gin or elucidating Keynesian economics, Allen displays, in the words of Edward Weeks of the Atlantic, a talent for terse and telling rsum which is the envy of any historian.

About Frederick Lewis Allen

Frederick Lewis Allen (1890-1954) was editor of Harper's Magazine from 1941 to 1954. His other books include The Great Pierpont Morgan, Since Yesterday, and The Lords of Creation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by CoachJim

For he has seen that a tortured and bewildered people want to throw overboard the old and welcome something new; that they are sick of waiting, they want leadership, the thrill of bold decision. And not only in his words but in the challenge of the very accents of his voice he has promised them what......more

Goodreads review by Kelley

This book is a WOW! This is an excellent overview of the history of the 1930s in the US. Covering social, political, and economic history — it is thorough and accessible. It’s an easy reading book that was fast to go through. Allen first published Since Yesterday in 1939, so right at the end of the......more

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