1919: America's Loss of Innocence

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The author chronicles four dramatic events in the year 1919--Wilson's League of Nations; Red baiting; the birth of Prohibition and bootleggers, gangsters, lawlessness, and corruption; and the Black Sox Scandal

Genres: HistoryNonfictionAmerican History

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