Jazz. Bootleggers. Flappers. Talkies. Model T Fords. Lindberghs history-making flight over the Atlantic. The 1920s was also the decade of the hard-won vote for women, racial injustice, censorship, social conflict, and the birth of organized crime. With scandal and crime the lifeblood of the tabloids, it was the time when the culture of celebrity and sensationalism took root and journalism became popular entertainment.
Chronicling what he sees as the most significant decade of the past century, the author vividly portrays the 1920s, focusing on the men and women who shaped this extraordinary time, including three of Americas most conservative presidents. New World Coming is an incisive, thoroughly readable account of an age that defined America.

Nathan Miller is an award-winning journalist and the Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of twelve works of history and biography, including Theodore Roosevelt: A Life and FDR: An Intimate History. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Lloyd James hails from the Midwest. He received a B.A. in theater from a small liberal-arts college in New Mexico. He acts in the theater when his schedule permits and spends much of his free time working in his garden. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.