1920’s Books
Books of the 1920's captured the changes in Society. Authors of the period struggled to understand the changes occuring in society. While some writers praised the changes others expressed disappointment in the passing of the old ways.
Reading was a popular recreational activity especially during the winter months when other forms of activity were limited. Prior to radio and television most people gained knowledge of the wider world and current events through printed material. Consequently books, newspapers and magazines were an important part of most peoples lives and formed a large part of their education. A knowledge of the classics was considered an essential part of a good education.
Magazines of the 1920's are full of short stories or serials (usually illustrated) to entertain their readers.
Books That Defined the Period
- The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot - The ultimate indictment of the modern world's loss of personal, moral, and spiritual values.
- The New Negro by Alain Locke - A hopeful look at the negro in America
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The American dream that anyone can achieve anything
- Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill - A look at 30 years in the life of a modern woman
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - The lost generation of expatriates
- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis - A satirical look at small town life
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - Details the moral decay of the Old South
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston - Black life in a Black community
![]() HG Wells Meanwhile 1st US Edition 1927 US $4.99
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![]() ANIMALS OF ANCIENT SEAS 1922 LITTLE BLUE BOOK 47 US $.99
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![]() The Gold Bug Edgar Allan Poe 1920s US $3.00 |
![]() A STORY OF BO PEEP BOY BLUE Queen Holden 1929 HB US $9.99 |
![]() 1928 12X10 REAL MOTHER GOOSE CHILDREN ILLUSTRATED RARE US $19.99
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![]() Cycles of Taste HCDJ 1928 Frank P Chambers US $9.50
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![]() 1926 Fancy Cake Baking Heide Color Plates Cookbook US $11.99
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![]() Works Rudyard Kipling ca 1929 leather Soldiers Three US $.99
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![]() Baedekers Canada 1922 US $130.00
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![]() The Sign of the Cross By Wilson Barrett 1896 1924 US $.99
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![]() 1929 LITTLE CAESAR FIRST EDITION LITERARY GUILD BOOK US $11.99
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![]() 1920 Episcopal Pocket Prayer Book US $14.99
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![]() 1927 MAGIC VS RELIGION TABOOS TOTEMS MYTHOLOGY FRAZER US $19.99
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![]() Room With a View HCDJ 1922 E M Forster New Directions US $15.00
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![]() Whiteoaks of Jalna by Mazo De La Roche 1929 FIRST ed US $25.01
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![]() MUSSOLINI WILD MAN OF EUROPE 1929 ILLUST US $9.99
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![]() RARE 1925 1ST WORLD FLIGHT CIRCUMNAVIGATION AIRPLANES US $19.99
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![]() Apache Valley by Arthur Chapman 1923 Digest Sized PB US $5.00
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