Authors

Algonquin Round Table

(Painting of the Algonquin Round Table on the wall in the Algonquin Hotel Dining Room. Dorothy Parker is on the left.)

This section will contain information about a variety of authors from the 1910s through the 2010s and their works.  Below is a timeline chronology of those 100 years.

 


1910s Chronology

1910-1919: World War I and the Armistice


1920s Chronology

1920-1929: Prosperity and Its Demise


1930s Chronology

1930-1939: The Great Depression


1940s Chronology

1940-1949:  World War II, The Atomic Bomb, NATO


1950s Chronology

1950-1959 – Two Cars in Every Garage


The 1960s

1960-1969 – Civil Rights and Turmoil


The 1970s

1970-1979 – The Nation in Flux


The 1980s

1980-1989 – The Reagan Revolution


The 1990s

1990-1999 – Prosperity as the World Turns


The 2000s

2000-2009 – The Fight against Terrorism


The 2010s

2010-Present – Economic Recovery