Chwast: a biography
He is the founder of Pushpin studios
http://www.pushpininc.com/
A short biography
http://rogallery.com/Chwast_Seymour/chwast-bio.htm
About when Chwast chose to set his adaptation:
The 1920's in America--an overview
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=437
http://www1.assumption.edu/ahc/1920s/default.html
The jazz age culture
Part 1 http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
Part 2 http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage2.html
Part 3 http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage3.html