1913: The Year Before the Storm

by Florian Illies

Book Overview

International Bestseller

This "absolute gem of a book" offers a month-by-month account of the year before World War I--one of the most exciting times in the 20th-century (The Observer)

It was the year Henry Ford first put a conveyer belt in his car factory, and the year Louis Armstrong first picked up a trumpet. It was the year Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie contract, and Coco Chanel and Prada opened...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612193919
• ISBN13: 9781612193915
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"