Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties

By Lucy Moore

Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, 1920s America was a place of drama, tension and hedonism. It glittered and seduced: jazz, flappers, wild all-night parties, 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 splendid array of writers, musicians and film stars, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Bessie Smith and Charlie Chaplin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Release date: Sep 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781782398684

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.