Teacher:  Brown
Class: English 11
 

Great Gatsby
Background on F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 1920s

Assignment:    

 

Suggested Topics or Suggested Subject Headings and/or Key Words:

 Roaring Twenties F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920s Jazz Age

 

Call Numbers which might be helpful:

391.009 973

 

Reference Books to Consult:

 R 973 HAK  A History of Us Volume 9: War, Peace, and All that Jazz  *1918-1945*
 R 973.92 AME Volume 3  American Decades 1920-1929
 R 920.009 ENC Encyclopedia of World Biography
 R 808 NOV Novels for Students Volume 2
 R973.91 STR  The Roaring Twenties
 R 031 WOR World Book Encyclopedia

Online Databases on the library's homepage:

Gale Cengage Databases - Choose Biography Resource Center, then use "F. Scott Fitzgerald" as search term. Click on the appropriate person if there is more than one.

Websites:

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events   1920-1929
Roaring Twenties: Economic History
Flapper Station
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
Flapper Culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald County
The Lawless Decade

 

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