Frederick lewis allen biography of mahatma

1931 history book about the 1920s in the United States

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties is a popular history book written by Frederick Lewis Allen, published by Harper & Brothers in 1931 and reissued in 1957.^[1]Only Yesterday was a Book of the Month selection,^[2] sold 1 million copies,^[3] and was frequently assigned as college reading.^[4]

Summary

The book covers events in the United States between November 11, 1918 (the end of World War I) and November 13, 1929 (which Allen described as the culmination of the Wall Street crash of 1929).

Allen, who identified himself as a "restrospective journalist" rather than a historian, warns that "A contemporary history is bound to be anything but definitive". Throughout the book, Allen's focus is on "the changing state of the public mind".^[4]

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