Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Books I Recommend Over 1920, Crash, And 1930s That Followed

The Day the Bubble Burst by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts (1979),basically cover the crash, lot of personal stories and financial analysis.

The Roaring Twenties and the Wall Street Crash by Richard M. Worth (2013), historical piece....covers the build-up in the 1920s, and the weeks after the crash.

The Stock Market Crash of 1929: The End of Prosperity by Brenda Lange (2007), more in-depth viewing of the crash, and recommend for people  with basic ideas of finance.

The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge by Calvin Coolidge (1929), Coolidge writes this from the position of  being there throughout the 1920s. Might be a hard book to find....unless you look for the E-book.

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes (2007), absolute go-to book over the era. Start with this one to understand the period.

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression by Studs Terkel (1970), covers the 1930s, and  depression  effects.

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick Lewis Allen (1931), covers strictly 1920s....up to the crash.

1 comment:

LargeMarge said...

SUPERMOB by Russo.
Meticulously researched, this mighty tome discusses the 'people'* owning and controlling minor low-level employees such as Presidents, Chancellors, and Prime Ministers.
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Apparently, they assassinate, start wars, and crash economies partly because that sort of behavior is good for business... and partly for entertainment.
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footnotes:
*I am convinced they are probably
something other than human.