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The Splendid Drunken Twenties
Selections from the Daybooks, 1922 - 30
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A startling record of the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of its memorable figures Between 1922 and 1930, Carl Van Vechten--one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance--kept a daily record of his activities. The records recount his day-to-day life, as well as the alliances, drinking habits, feuds, and affairs of a wide number of the period's luminaries, providing a rich resource for reconstructing the culture of 1920s New York and the social milieu during Prohibition. Bruce Kellner has provided copious informative notes identifying central figures and clarifying details.
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The Splendid Drunken Twenties, Carl Van Vechten, Bruce Kellner
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- The Splendid Drunken Twenties
- Subtitle
- Selections from the Daybooks, 1922 - 30
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Carl Van Vechten, Bruce Kellner
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0252074629
- ISBN13
- 9780252074622
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- A startling record of the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of its memorable figures Between 1922 and 1930, Carl Van Vechten--one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance--kept a daily record of his activities. The records recount his day-to-day life, as well as the alliances, drinking habits, feuds, and affairs of a wide number of the period's luminaries, providing a rich resource for reconstructing the culture of 1920s New York and the social milieu during Prohibition. Bruce Kellner has provided copious informative notes identifying central figures and clarifying details.