Paperback edition of this No.1 }Sunday Times{ bestseller by Britain's favourite narrative non-fiction writer. Bill Bryson travels back to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in 5 eventful months, changed the world forever. 'Not just hugely readable, but a genuine pageturner' }Daily Telegraph{ In summer 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth.