The author of the  The Children’s Blizzard  delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish family In tracing the roots of this family—his own family—Laskin captures the epic sweep of the twentieth century. A modern-day scribe, Lask...

An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century. In his second large-format book about U.S. history, Evans extolls American moxie, that seemingly native mixture of initiative and luck that pr...

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The passage of the Volstead Act prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol and spawned a black market network of smuggling and speakeasies. Gangsters like Al Capone captured the publics imagination. Fashionable, fun-loving women wore short skirts and even shorter hair. Business was booming in ma...