Between the Two Great Wars
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ISBN10: 1482089122
ISBN13: 9781482089127
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 28 2013
Pages: 506
Weight: 1.48
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781482089127
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 28 2013
Pages: 506
Weight: 1.48
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Between the Two Great Wars is an epic novel - the story of a young soldier in World War I who following several hair-raising adventures (one in the accompaniment of Ernest Hemingway) returns home ambitious to make his way in the world from the humblest beginnings to quite considerable achievements, including wealth, community prominence, marriage to a beautiful girl, and the birth of a son. He lives through the prohibition era, the flapper era, the 1919 flu epidemic, the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, the stock market crash of 1929, the depression years, meanwhile becoming involved in several sexual liaisons. Conflict develops as the novel progresses to the beginning of World War II when the son, against his father's wishes. volunteers for military duty. Two strong characters who love each other ultimately must find a way to come to terms.
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