Typical Bryson; well-researched, full of fascinating information and amusingly written. It's really the story of what was in the papers that summer and there was plenty. If much of it is well known - Lindberg, Prohibition, Al Capone, Babe Ruth - other subjects, the unintentionally amusing President Coolidge being one, are less so. A light, superficial but enjoyable read.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 74 Autumn 2014 ) |
