In One Summer\, Bill Bryson\, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers\, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
\nThe summ er of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century . On May 21\, 1927\, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the A tlantic by plane nonstop\, and when he landed at an airfield near Paris\, he ignited an explosion of worldwide rapture\, and instantly became the mo st famous person on the planet. Meanwhile\, the talented Babe Ruth broke t he home run record when he hit 60 home runs in a single season. The Americ an South was clobbered by unprecedented rain and by flooding of the Missis sippi basin\, a great human disaster\, the relief efforts for which were g uided by Herbert Hoover. Calvin Coolidge interrupted an already leisurely presidency for a three-month vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The gangster Al Capone tightened his grip on the illegal booze business th rough a murderous reign of terror and municipal corruption. The first &ldq uo\;talking picture\,&rdquo\; Al Jolson&rsquo\;s The Jazz Singer\ , was filmed and changed the motion picture industry. The four most powerf ul central bankers on earth met in a secret session on a Long Island estat e and made a fateful decision that virtually guaranteed a future crash and depression.
\nBill Bryson captures the outsized personalities\, exc iting events\, and occasional weirdness with his trademark vividness\, eye for detail\, and delicious humor. In that year America stepped out onto t he world stage as the main event\, and One Summer transforms it a ll into narrative nonfiction of the highest order.
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