Author Description

What A Year It Was! 1949 is a beautiful cocktail table book packed with hundreds of original photos, magazine ads and consumer pricing. It is loaded with facts on new products and inventions, advances in science and medicine, hit songs and films, popular radio and TV programs, Broadway plays, famous people, the latest look in fashion and, of course, sports winners. Laid out like a college yearbook with zany illustrations, What A Year It Was! 1949 will instantly take you back in time for a lively, fun look at the people, places and events that shaped world history and changed our lives forever.