AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE

This is a collection of pieces, written in the twenties and thirties, on the American social and political scenes. The book is divided into three sections, The Follies — on the Boom and the Jazz Age, The Earthquake — on the Crash and the Depression, and The New Deal. The numerous essays and reviews, on whatever theme — on and off Broadway, book shops, Greenwich Village, Roosevelt's first inaugural, Communists, New Orleans, Detroit Motors — are always personal, impressionistic, vivid, interpretive reporting, conveying the sense of the times. Present day comments updating some accounts are included for the rounded picture. Wilson's audience, an assured one, will be happy with this product.