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Bill Bryson told us how his latest book One Summer focuses on just five months in an American summer which changed the world forever...
Al Capone, prohibition, Henry Ford, the seeds of the Great Depression, the birth of television, talking pictures... The summer of 1927 was one which packed an enormous punch; perhaps, argues Bill Bryson, one which has never since been equalled for the sheer variety and impact of its events. In One Summer, Bryson tells of the incredible bravery of aviators like Charles Lindbergh as they seek to make America proud, the efforts of big Babe Ruth to bounce back, alongside less well known stories like that of the Italian anarchists whose murder trial rocked the entire world...
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You can Reserve & Collect One Summer: America 1927 from your local Waterstones bookshop, buy it online from Waterstones.com ( bit.ly/19JcqOw), or in ePub ( bit.ly/19JcA8x)
Al Capone, prohibition, Henry Ford, the seeds of the Great Depression, the birth of television, talking pictures... The summer of 1927 was one which packed an enormous punch; perhaps, argues Bill Bryson, one which has never since been equalled for the sheer variety and impact of its events. In One Summer, Bryson tells of the incredible bravery of aviators like Charles Lindbergh as they seek to make America proud, the efforts of big Babe Ruth to bounce back, alongside less well known stories like that of the Italian anarchists whose murder trial rocked the entire world...
Find out more at Waterstones.com/blog
You can Reserve & Collect One Summer: America 1927 from your local Waterstones bookshop, buy it online from Waterstones.com ( bit.ly/19JcqOw), or in ePub ( bit.ly/19JcA8x)