SUPREME CITY How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America

This audiobook history of 1920s New York City is an in-depth look at the men, women, and events that changed the sprawling city forever in a period of time called The Jazz Age. The ambitious project is almost 30 hours long and is meticulously researched. Jim Frangione's performance is masterful, but there's so much history to take in that one's attention wavers. Perhaps the production is best heard piecemeal. Frangione is at his best in the sections detailing the lives of New York movers and shakers like Mayor Jimmy Walker, speakeasy owner Texas Guinan, bootlegger Frank Costello, and radio pioneers like William Paley. But it's also the story of the Holland Tunnel, the subway system, Times Square, and all the things that made Manhattan, Manhattan. M.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2014]