Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties

By Lucy Moore

An exhilarating portrait of the era of jazz, glamour, and gangsters from a bright young star of mainstream history writing.

The glitter of 1920s America was seductive, from jazz, flappers, and wild all- night parties to the birth of Hollywood and a glamorous gangster-led crime scene flourishing under Prohibition. But the period was also punctuated by momentous events-the political show trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, the huge Ku Klux Klan march down Washington DC's Pennsylvania Avenue-and it produced a dizzying array of writers, musicians, and film stars, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Bessie Smith and Charlie Chaplin.

In Anything Goes, Lucy Moore interweaves the stories of the compelling people and events that characterized the decade to produce a gripping portrait of the Jazz Age. She reveals that the Roaring Twenties were more than just "the years between wars." It was an epoch of passion and change-an age, she observes, not unlike our own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Release date: Mar 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781590204511

Lucy Moore

Lucy Moore is the founder of Messy Church, a rapidly growing ministry now in over twenty countries worldwide. Lucy promotes the movement through training and speaking events. Her books include the Messy Church series, Bethlehem Carols Unpacked, The Gospels Unplugged, The Lord's Prayer Unplugged, Topsy Turvy Christmas, Colourful Creation, and All-Age Worship. Previously, Lucy was a member of Bible Reading Fellowship?s Barnabas team, offering training for those wanting to bring the Bible to life for children in churches and schools across the UK, and using drama and storytelling to explore the Bible with children. A secondary school teacher by training, she enjoys acting, walking Minnie the dog, marvelling at the alien world of her two children, and reading eclectically.

Reviews for Anything Goes

[noblechicken · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Surprisingly fun book about lots and lots and lots of different events that shaped and created the 1920s. The first few chapters are brisk and quickly passed over with various subjects, which are a bit of a deterrent to the rest of the book. Once the reader digs deeper into the chapters, Moore actually brings out some good info and it makes for a well rounded, overview type book of a wild decade.