What is the name for John Whittaker's generation? I know he came of age during the interwar years, but I'm sure there's name for it. These were people born before WWI but too young to serve during the war. Thanks to anyone who can help.
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Are you thinking of the Edwardian era? Approx 1901 - 1918?
shareI've heard of The "Lost Generation" but I thought that they were those who did serve in WWI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Generation
The "Lost Generation" is a term coined by author and poet Gertrude Stein which characterizes disillusionment, a general motif of American literary notables who lived in Paris and other parts of Europe, some after military service in the First World War. Figures identified with the "Lost Generation" include authors and poets Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson, Waldo Peirce, John Dos Passos and John Steinbeck.
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