Category Archives: Roaring Twenties

Before The Great Gatsby – The Beautiful and Damned FREE

Posted on May 24, 2013 by splendidsummer

Before The Great Gatsby, and after This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Beautiful and the Damned. It’s the story of a romantic couple in 1920s Manhattan. “Here’s to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.” F. Scott … Continue reading →

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Before The Great Gatsby: This Side of Paradise FREE Ecopy

Posted on May 23, 2013 by splendidsummer

Before The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise. Without money, and despondent over Zelda breaking up with him, he moved back in with his parents. He pulled out a manuscript from his Princeton years, finished it, … Continue reading →

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1920s Resplendent L.A. Architecture

Posted on May 21, 2013 by splendidsummer

This post originally appeared in April 2012. Sowden House, 1926, Lloyd Wright, HOLLYWOOD TOUR, photo courtesy of Architecture Tours L.A. Awhile ago, a friend from London and I were meeting in L.A. and we discovered fabulous Architecture Tours L.A. We … Continue reading →

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The Great Gatsby Trailer

Posted on April 9, 2013 by splendidsummer
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Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Bargain Price

Posted on February 6, 2013 by splendidsummer

Grab your Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set at a Bargain Price by clicking on the link below: Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Boxed Set Celebrate 1920s glamour and enjoy four stories in this special boxed set featuring romantic … Continue reading →

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Pacific Coast Steamship Company

Posted on January 16, 2013 by splendidsummer

Photo Credits Bjorn Larsson In their next adventure, Grace, Jack, and their magical cats, Tatania and Zeus, are on the trail of a missing person who was last seen at the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s dock in San Diego. The … Continue reading →

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MEOW BABY

Posted on January 13, 2013 by splendidsummer

Please click on the link below to download your copy from Amazon: Meow Baby (Grace, Jack & Magical Cats Novella) Welcome to the 1920s. When Jack’s shovel hits a skeleton at their home ground breaking ceremony, he tells Grace, “Don’t … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Feral

Posted on November 20, 2012 by splendidsummer

Please click on the link below to download your copy from Amazon: A Christmas Feral I’m very grateful for the nice comments I’ve received about A Christmas Feral. Thank you. It’s a special story to me because I hope it … Continue reading →

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Books Recommended 85 Years Ago and Popular Today: Part 2

Posted on October 31, 2012 by splendidsummer

Here’s the description of Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey, a novel recommended in 1927, from Amazon: “On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf … Continue reading →

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Books Recommended 85 Years Ago and Popular Today: Part 1

Posted on October 23, 2012 by splendidsummer

While I was looking at 1927 issues of The New Yorker, I thought it would be interesting to see if books that made its “Books Worth Reading” column were still popular today. So far, Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, described … Continue reading →

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