1919 The Year That Changed America* author-Andrea J. Loney Bilbo Baggins is whisked away

Bilbo Baggins is whisked away from his comfortable

and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion

the fierce soul who careens between anger and despair

In Coal Top

His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations

1919 The Year That Changed America* author-Andrea J. Loney Bilbo Baggins is whisked away*SIGNED BOOKPLATE Looking back over the history of America, some might not realize that 1919 truly was one of its most tumultuous years. With the end of World War I, black soldiers returned home to such violent racism that the summer was dubbed the Red Summer. The suffrage movement finally won their long fought victory as women got the right to vote. Fervid nationalism amped up so much that it led to a communism scare. Laborers joined together and