{"product_id":"one-summer-america-1927-9780767919418","title":"One Summer: America, 1927","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Noteworthy Book\u003cbr\u003eA GoodReads Reader's Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record. In Newark, New Jersey, Alvin \"Shipwreck\" Kelly sat atop a flagpole for twelve days, and in Chicago, the gangster Al Capone was tightening his grip on bootlegging. The first true \"talking picture,\" Al Jolson's \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Singer\u003c\/i\u003e, was filmed, forever changing the motion picture industry. \u003cbr\u003e All this and much, much more transpired in the year Americans attempted and accomplished outsized things--and when the twentieth century truly became the American century. \u003ci\u003eOne Summer\u003c\/i\u003e transforms it all into narrative nonfiction of the highest order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767919418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.17w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/06\/2014 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bill Bryson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642602516636,"sku":"9780767919418","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9458cf53-f2a3-4ca1-a3fe-c6cfacb44435.jpg?v=1603855160","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-summer-america-1927-9780767919418","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}