posted October 15, 2015 #
I recently finished reading Bill Bryson's book
One Summer: America, 1927. It's a history book of sorts that plucks three months from the middle of 1927 and highlights the bonkers amount of
things that were going on. I'm not sure if Bryson was attempting to shed a light on the idea that we're no more overwhelmed with news now than we ever were or not but it certainly lends itself to that idea. Even in 1927, you've got heavy hitting events like the Trans-Atlantic flight from Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig breaking records left and right, Mount Rushmore becoming a thing and all sorts of shenanigans from Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge. And those are just some of the big ones.
It's an easy read and carries a tone to it that's far superior to any of the textbooks I had to read in school. I feel educated
and entertained, the way it should be. I mean, I can't wait to bust out some factoids about the
Van Sweringen Brothers at a party. I'll be a real hoot! But, seriously, I suggest
reading it, it's a good one.
