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One Summer: America, 1927

Name: One Summer: America, 1927
ISBN: 0767919416

A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book A GoodReads Reader's Choice The summer of 1927 began with Charles Lindbergh crossing the Atlantic. Meanwhile, Babe Ruth was closing in on the home run record. In Newark, New Jersey, Alvin “Shipwre

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“He had experiences as rich and memorable as any young man has ever enjoyed, and was moved by none of them.”

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