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I think I picked this up because it was on the shelf near something I was looking for and I liked the font of the cover. (Why, how do you pick books?) I had no idea what I was in for, but, wow. (Quick summary: many people were selling implantation of goat testicles into humans to recapture, ah, youth.)
It's not like I was trying to read another history about the 20s, but the quacks in this book were an interesting contrast to the Ossian Sweet case I'd just finished reading about in [b:Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age|298924|Arc of Justice A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age|Kevin Boyle|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1332100357s/298924.jpg|3562].
This book was a lot more engrossing than the other, and I actually learned a lot of things. Also while the other book showed that the racism thing is recycled, this book showed how Americans distrust of erudition is also a recurring theme. (*sigh*)
The other major takeaway for me was about the Mexican radio station that launched the Carter Family (XERA/XERF)and so many others. I was vaguely aware that this had happened from living in Texas, but now I know why. And that makes everything so much weirder.
Highly recommended.
It's not like I was trying to read another history about the 20s, but the quacks in this book were an interesting contrast to the Ossian Sweet case I'd just finished reading about in [b:Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age|298924|Arc of Justice A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age|Kevin Boyle|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1332100357s/298924.jpg|3562].
This book was a lot more engrossing than the other, and I actually learned a lot of things. Also while the other book showed that the racism thing is recycled, this book showed how Americans distrust of erudition is also a recurring theme. (*sigh*)
The other major takeaway for me was about the Mexican radio station that launched the Carter Family (XERA/XERF)and so many others. I was vaguely aware that this had happened from living in Texas, but now I know why. And that makes everything so much weirder.
Highly recommended.