Martha's Vineyard in the Roaring Twenties: Radicals & Rascals

by Thomas Dresser

Book Overview

The Roaring Twenties were filled with a range of events, experiences, fears, laws and advances that impacted Martha's Vineyard. Island residents were involved in rumrunning. Dozens died of the Spanish Flu. Women voted on Island. Dorothy West joined the Harlem Renaissance. Immigration from the Azores slowed, and airplanes landed in Katama. Tourism blossomed and business boomed. Local author Thomas Dresser shares the back story and the import of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467152668
• ISBN13: 9781467152662
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.7"