Top 10 Best "1927" Books

The Complete Poems, 1927-1979

Elizabeth Bishop

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Rising Tide

John M. Barry

1927

Rising Tide

Synopsis An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics forever.

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Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937 (Philip E.Lilienthal Books)

Frederic Wakeman Jr.

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1927

Gerald Leinwand

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All Hopped Up and Ready to Go

Tony Fletcher

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The Vanishing Legion

Jon Tuska

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Five OClock Lightning

Harvey Frommer

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Walt and Skeezix

Frank King
Chris Ware
Jeet Heer

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Cuttlefish Bones (1920-1927)

Eugenio Montale
William Arrowsmith

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Rising Tide

John M. Barry

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1927 and the Rise of Modern America (Cultureamerica)

When Charles Lindbergh landed at LeBourget Airfield on May 21, 1927, his transatlantic flight symbolized the new era--not only in aviation but also in American culture. The 1920s proved to be a transitional decade for the United States, shifting the nation from a production-driven economy to a consumption-based one, with adventurous citizens breaking new ground even as many others continued clinging to an outmoded status quo.<P>

In his new book, Charles Shindo reveals how one year in particular encapsulated the complexity of this transformation in American culture. Shindo's absorbing look at 1927 shatters the stereotypes of the Roaring '20s as a time of frivolity and excess, revealing instead a society torn between holding on to its glorious past while trying to navigate a brave new world. His book is a compelling and entertaining dissection of the year that has come to represent the apex of 1920s culture, combining references from popular films, music, literature, sports, and politics in a captivating look back at change in the making.<P>

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1927 and the Rise of Modern America (Cultureamerica)

Charles J. Shindo

1927

Civilization without Sexes

Mary Louise Roberts

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