The Splendid Drunken TwentiesA startling record of the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of its memorable figuresBetween 1922 and 1930, Carl Van Vechten one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance kept a daily record of his activities. The records recount his day to day life, as well as the alliances, drinking habits, feuds, and affairs of a wide number of the period's luminaries, providing a rich resource for reconstructing the culture of 1920s New York and the