Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells: The Best of Early Vanity Fair

Offering readers an inebriating swig from the great cocktail shaker of the Roaring Twenties--the Jazz Age, the age of Gatsby--Bohemians, Bootleggers, Flappers, and Swells showcases unforgettable writers in search of how to live well in a changing era. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter introduces these fabulous pieces written between 1913 and 1936, when the magazine published a Murderers' Row of the world's leading literary lights, including: - F. Scott Fitzgerald on what a magazine should be- Clarence Darrow on equality- E. E. Cummings on Calvin Coolidge- D. H. Lawrence on women- Djuna Barnes on James Joyce- John Maynard Keynes on the collapse in money value- Dorothy Parker on a host of topics, from why she hates actresses to why she hasn't married

• | Author: Graydon Carter
• | Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• | Publication Date: Nov 03, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 014312790X
• | ISBN-13: 9780143127901