CONTENTS

Preface

I Prelude: May, 1919

II Back to Normalcy

III The Big Red Scare

IV America Convalescent

V The Revolution in Manners and Morals

VI Harding and the Scandals

VII Coolidge Prosperity

VIII The Ballyhoo Years

IX The Revolt of the Highbrows

X Alcohol and Al Capone

XI Home, Sweet Florida

XII The Big Bull Market

XIII Crash!

XIV Aftermath: 1930–31

Appendix: Sources and Obligations

Index

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