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One summer

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     Bryson, Bill, 1951- - Author
    London : Black Swan, 2014 - 671 s., [16] s. obr. příl. ; 20 cm
    ISBN 978-0-552-77256-3 (brož.)
    1927 1918-1932 1919-1933
     etiketa  sociální dějiny
     Spojené státy americké 1918-1932  Spojené státy americké 1919-1933
     literatura faktu
    Call numberC 359.630
    Umístění 94(100) - Světové dějiny
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    Lidická ( volný výběr ) k vypůjčeníC 359.630   

    Title statementOne summer : America 1927 / Bill Bryson
    Portion of titleAmerica 1927
    Main entry-name Bryson, Bill, 1951- (Author)
    Issue dataLondon : Black Swan, 2014
    Phys.des.671 s., [16] s. obr. příl. ; 20 cm
    ISBN978-0-552-77256-3 (brož.)
    Internal Bibliographies/Indexes NoteObsahuje bibliografii, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík
    Subj. Headings 1927 * 1918-1932 * 1919-1933 * etiketa - Spojené státy americké - 1918-1932 * sociální dějiny - Spojené státy americké * Spojené státy americké - společenské poměry - 1918-1932 * Spojené státy americké - dějiny - 1919-1933
    Form, Genre literatura faktu
    Conspect94(100) - Světové dějiny
    UDC 308(091) , 395 , 94(73) , 316.72/.75 , (0:82-96)
    CountryVelká Británie
    Languageangličtina
    Ve volném výběru94(100) - Světové dějiny
    Document kindBOOKS
    Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in five eventful months, changed the world for ever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to carve four giant heads into an inaccessible mountain called Rushmore, a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and a youthful aviator named Charles Lindbergh who started the summer wholly unknown and finished it as the most famous man on earth. (So famous that Minnesota considered renaming itself after him.) 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 by a madman, the ill-conceived decision that led to the Great Depression, the thrillingly improbable return to greatness of a wheezing, over-the-hill baseball player named Babe Ruth, and an almost impossible amount more. In this hugely entertaining book, Bill Bryson spins a story of brawling adventure, reckless optimism and delirious energy, with a cast of unforgettable and eccentric characters, with trademark brio, wit and authority. Zdroj anotace: Srovname.cz
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