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Author McAuliffe, Mary Sperling, 1943- author.

Title When Paris sizzled : the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends / Mary McAuliffe.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  944.3610815 MCA    DISPLAY
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Description xii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "With rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe portrays Paris during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and behavior all took dramatically new forms"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index.
Contents Map of Paris, 1918-1929 -- Out of darkness (1918) -- Going forward (1918-1919) -- Versailles and victory (1919) -- Making way for the new (1919-1920) -- Les années folles (1920) -- Weddings, breakups, and other affairs (1921) -- The lost generation (1922) -- A death in Paris (1923) -- Americans in Paris (1924) -- You've come a long way from St. Louis (1925) -- All that jazz (1926) -- Sophisticated lady (1927) -- Cocktails, Darling? (1928) -- The bubble bursts (1929).
Subject Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Artists -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Authors -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Arts -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Paris (France) -- Biography.
ISBN 9781442253322 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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