Layman, Richard

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of eighty American authors who either began writing novels after 1945 or have done their most important work since then; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.

Documents and analyzes each decade of American 20th-century history from the perspectives of the arts, business, education, fashion, government, law, lifestyles, media, medicine, religion, science, and sports.

Documents and analyzes each decade of American 20th-century history from the perspectives of the arts, business, education, fashion, government, law, lifestyles, media, medicine, religion, science, and sports.

Documents and analyzes each decade of American 20th-century history from the perspectives of the arts, business, education, fashion, government, law, lifestyles, media, medicine, religion, science, and sports.

An exploration of American life from 1950 through1959, looking at key people, events, and topics in the arts, business and the economy, education, fashion, government and politics, law, lifestyles and social trends, media, medicine and health, religion, science and technology, and sports.