"Rollicking, immensely readable. . . . [Bryson's] subject isn't really a year. It's human nature in all its odd and amazing array." --Chicago Tribune
"A wonderful romp . . . . Fascinating. . . . Written in a style as effervescent as the time itself." --The New York Times Book Review "Addictively readable." --The Wall Street Journal "Entertaining. . . . Splendid. . . . Sure to delight." --Newsday