I love Bill Bryson books.... this one was a bit different.

I skimmed over the baseball and boxing stuff - I know its very important to the American psyche, but my mind just could not take it in.

However, I have a picture of the USA now that is VERY different to before I read this book. I guess my impression of the fun loving democracy comes from post war and WW2 knowledge, the 1920's was a new area to me. Stunning and savage at times the level of graft, hypocrisy, racism and downright nastiness exposed.

Very entertaining, very enlightening.