In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worke
d just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the
Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles L
indbergh who became the most famous man on earth. It was the summer that saw the
birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone's
reign of terror, the horrifying bombing of a school in Michigan, the thrillingl
y improbable return to greatness of an over-the-hill baseball player named Babe
Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bi
ll Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious e
nergy.
