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Retired police officer looking to relax is invited to become more involved with twist and turns than he dreamed.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

From New Orleans jazz to Hollywood films, American culture had barely begun its new role on the world stage as the 20th century opened. But in informal gatherings--known as salons--American artists and writers spread the ideas of European Modernism. This work provides a sweeping account of the American encounter with European Modernism up until World War I. 16 pages of plates.