1919

  • 1919: The Search for Mankind’S Greatest Killer
    1919: The Search for Mankind’S Greatest Killer
    By Ken Rosen

    I'm a scientist, not a custodian for Christ's sake,” Gary said, already in midday complaining form. “I'm out here like a common field hand. Look at the size of this log! Where the hell did this come from?” he asked the group.

  • 1919: Learning to Fly in a “Jenny” Just Like Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
    1919: Learning to Fly in a “Jenny” Just Like Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart
    By William Bollman

    They are standard aeroplanes, manufactured, I think, in Plainfield, New Jersey. The same type of machine is used at Mineola. Warren F. Lamb, Los Angeles, Calif. Work has been progressing,. 10 Vintage Photo Album Series TM.

  • 1919
    1919
    By John Dos Passos

    Robbins took hold of Dick's arm. “Now for crissake let's go and have a decent drink.... Boy, I'm sick of the bigwigs.” “All right,” said Dick, “where'll we go?” Walking along the foggy quay, past the shadowly bulk of Nôtre Dâme, ...

  • 1919: Misfortune's End
    1919: Misfortune's End
    By Paula A. Phelan

    1919: Misfortune's End

  • 1919: America's Loss of Innocence
    1919: America's Loss of Innocence
    By Eliot Asinof

    The author chronicles four dramatic events in the year 1919--Wilson's League of Nations; Red baiting; the birth of Prohibition and bootleggers, gangsters, lawlessness, and corruption; and the Black Sox Scandal

  • 1919: Britain on the Brink of Revolution
    1919: Britain on the Brink of Revolution
    By Chanie Rosenberg

    1919: Britain on the Brink of Revolution

  • 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike
    1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike
    By Graphic History Collective

    After suffering the hardships and horrors of the First World War, workers and soldiers faced the agony of the post-war Canadian economy. With rising inflation, unprecedented unemployment, and an increasingly...

  • 1919
    1919
    By Eve L. Ewing

    Poetic reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

  • 1919: Britain's Year of Revolution
    1919: Britain's Year of Revolution
    By Simon Webb

    The little-known true story of rioting and rebellion among British veterans and workers after the end of World War I.   On the August Bank Holiday of 1919, the...

  • 1919: Red Mirage
    1919: Red Mirage
    By David J. Mitchell

    Analyzes the result of the trouncing of progressive idealism in 1919. Shows how the collapse of President Wilson's brand of liberalism, the failure of the very individual Marxist experiments in...