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Prohibition.AlCapone.ThePresidentHardingscandals.Therevolutionofmannersandmorals.BlackTuesday.Theseareonlyaninklingoftheeventsandfigurescharacterizingthewild,tumultuouserathatwastheRoaringTwenties.Originallypublishedin1931,OnlyYesterdaytracestheriseifpost-WorldWarIprosperityuptotheWallStreetcrashof1929againstthecolorfulbackdropofflappers,speakeasies,thefirstradio,andthescandalousriseofskirthemlines.Hailedasaninstantclassic,thisisFrederickLewisAllen'svividanddefinitiveaccountofoneofthetwentiethcentury'smostfascinatingdecades,chroniclingatimeofbothjoyandterror--whendizzyinghighswerequicklysucceededbyheartbreakinglows.