1918-1945

"The Roaring Twenties ... came to a screeching halt in October 1929. The U.S. stock market crashed, kicking off one of the largest and longest depressions in the country's history"--Back cover.

Through this book, students will gain a general understanding of economic cycles and how depressions are not part of the normal ebb and flow.

Describes the history surrounding the Great Depression, highlighting the causes and key figures.

"During the [Olympic] games the Nazi dictatorship was in many ways put on hold. [This book] offers a last glimpse of the vibrant, diverse life of the city in the 1920s and '30s that the Nazis aimed to destroy"--Dust jacket.

Describes the battles along the western front of World War II in graphic novel format, including stories of pilots, infantrymen, and D-Day.

Contains entries that provide information on various aspects of American popular culture from the Great Depression to the onset of World War II, covering art, architecture, aviation, comics, expositions/fairs, film, food and drink, government, literature, music, newspapers, organizations, radio, social issues, sports, theater, travel, and youth; arranged alphabetically from N to Z.

Examines the flapper age and its most influential figures, including author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda; designer Coco Chanel; "New Yorker" writer Lois Long; actresses Clara Bow, Colleen Moore, Louise Brooks; fashion artist Gordon Conway; cartoonist John Held; and advertising and public relations pioneers Bruce Barton and Edward Bernays.

From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.