MODERN+1900-1950

Enter Modern information here. ==Author and story: One author of the Modern period in American Literature was Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was born in a suburb of Chicago, Il, in 1899. He was married twice and wrote many novels and short stories about men struggling to be honest and moral in a world full of disillusionment. He tried to enlist in WW1 but was rejected due to an eye injury from a boxing match. He did drive ambulance for the Red Cross in WW2. He worked as a war correspondent, he traveled to China, Spain, Cuba, Venice and Africa. He won the Nobel Prize in 1954. On July 2, 1961, he killed himself.== ==One short story Hemingway wrote is titled, Soldier's Home. It tells the story of Harold Krebs, a young man who has returned home after serving overseas in Germany. Krebs keeps to himself, doesn't want involvement with other people and puts little effort into rejoining his family's lifestyle. When confronted by his mother, Krebs makes a life changing decision. V==

==One event that took place in the Modern era was World War 2. This was to be the "War to end all Wars" unfortunately it did not. Many Americans served overseas and their families contributed to the war effort at home in the States. Some wonderful music came out of this era, including "The Cow Cow Boogie" sung by Ella Fitzgerald. V==

media type="youtube" key="lLGu2ArpzeA" height="315" width="420"This you tube video is the original Ella Fitzgerald version of "Cow Cow Boogie" recorded in the 1940's.

The first known use of the word was in 1900 at the Paris Word Fair. There was no one person credited with inventing the television rather it was several people who each put together a part of the puzzle. In 1927, Philo Farnsworth, an American, was the first inventor to transmit a television image, and in 1927 he received the first patent for a television. Farnsworth’s invention became the foundation for the modern television. SS []

The atomic bomb for the modern era [] CH

Paul Drury, "March Morning" (1933) ML []

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The beatles were a part of the later modern era and went through the 1960s.(CW) []