In this panorama, subtitled The 1930s in America, Frederick Lewis Allen
combines an eye for the significant trivia of everyday existence with a facility for neatly dissecting the
political monoliths of the era. Whether discussing the varieties of bathtub gin or elucidating Keynesian
economics, Allen displays, in the words of Edward Weeks of The Atlantic, a talent for terse and telling
rsum which is the envy of any historian.

Mr. Allens shining service is to recall the things that have blurred equally with those that have stuck in memory.
No one else does this sort of thing so well Its basic merits are honesty, good nature, detachment without
indifference, a keen eye for survival in news values. Somehow it conveys the impression of the American people
telling their own story in autobiographical form. New York Times

James Allen (1864-1912), was born in Leicester, England, and moved with his family to America at age fifteen. He wrote nineteen spiritual and inspirational books including From Passion to Peace and The Eight Pillars of Wisdom. As Man Thinketh is his best-known work

Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. Earning rave reviews on every book he has narrated for Blackstone, he received the coveted Audie Award in 2004. He lives in Washington, D.C.