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mrmikel · 01-26-2009, 05:47 AM

The Good Years, 1900-1914 by Walter Lord is a survey of American Life in the early years of the 20th century. It covers the Wright brothers, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, child labor, and the Panic of 1907 and more.

I found the section on the Panic of 1907 particularly interesting and resonant in these days of economic difficulty and perhaps instructive as to the course of government response. In those days, there was no government response...that was to wait for 1932. But the role of J. Pierpont Morgan was pivotal.

I can not trace the dates of this prolific author and most of his works are in copyright and probably all are outside the US. But the copyright on this work was not renewed, so US residents...enjoy.

01-26-2009, 05:47 AM	#1
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Lord, Walter: The Good Years.v1, 26 Jan 2009 The Good Years, 1900-1914 by Walter Lord is a survey of American Life in the early years of the 20th century. It covers the Wright brothers, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, child labor, and the Panic of 1907 and more. I found the section on the Panic of 1907 particularly interesting and resonant in these days of economic difficulty and perhaps instructive as to the course of government response. In those days, there was no government response...that was to wait for 1932. But the role of J. Pierpont Morgan was pivotal. I can not trace the dates of this prolific author and most of his works are in copyright and probably all are outside the US. But the copyright on this work was not renewed, so US residents...enjoy.