Heather reviewed One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson
The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: …
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4 stars
Who cares about the summer of 1927? If the author was anyone other than Bill Bryson, I would have been skeptical. He uses the summer of 1927 as a jumping off point for well-researched stream of consciousness discussions about topics as diverse as air travel, boxing, baseball, fear of immigrants, economic policy, crime, and Herbert Hoover. Herbert Hoover is always around. It is sort of creepy.
I love all of Bill Bryson's books and I especially like listening to them on audio.