1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar Audiobook

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• “Burns delivers history with flair and vividness.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “A work of genuine historical research, colorful personality, intellectual sophistication, heft, and durable interest.”

  — Vanity Fair

• “Burns’ territory stretches far and wide across the realms of politics, Prohibition, pop culture and more…An eminently readable, informative book.”

  — Washington Post

• “Extremely readable. Burns’ vigorous narrative is rich in genuinely engaging anecdote. He so clearly appreciates history’s sweep.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “A fine review of the new kinds of power emerging among women and minorities of the times, and the concurrent events that made the 1920s so significant.”

  — Midwest Book Review

• “More than a ‘preview of a decade,’ 1920 was ‘a preview of the entire century and even the century to follow’…An entertaining and informative look at a pivotal period…Burns makes it possible to recognize the century to come in this intimate study of a single year, and the result is downright fascinating.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “[This] fascinating work about a remarkable year…shows us what put the roar in the Roaring ’20s…Burns follows it all with verve. In this delightfully readable book, the author expertly shows how those affected by the Great War…really did change the world.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “This well-researched work reveals an oft-forgotten past and sheds light on the misconceptions that mar modern perceptions of 1920.”

  — Library Journal

• “1920 makes history vibrant, exciting, and palpably important. Entertaining and highly readable.”

  — Booklist