Bryant Park Reading Room: Eric Burns & "1920: the Year that Made the Decade Roar"

A critical turning point in our national and cultural history, 1920 took America from the Great War into a new decade of jazz, Ponzi schemes, high fashion, market crashes and new rights afforded to women. Author and historian Eric Burns discusses the misconceptions about the year that started the roaring decade and reads from his new book, 1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar.