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The beats : a graphic history /

This revelatory and exhilarating and funny book not only tells us of the Beat generation, but of a time when we as individuals felt truly free. It is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history only far more entertaining--Studs Terkel.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pekar, Harvey
Corporate Author: City Lights Books
Other Authors: Piskor, Ed, Buhle, Paul, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Kerouac, Jack, > 1922-1969.
Cassady, Neal.
Cassady, Carolyn.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
Ginsberg, Allen, > 1926-1997.
McClure, Michael.
Di Prima, Diane.
Burroughs, William S., > 1914-1997.
Snyder, Gary, > 1930-
Rexroth, Kenneth, > 1905-1982.
Beats (Persons) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Beats (Persons) > Sources.
Beats (Persons) > Biography.
Beats (Persons) > Poetry.
Authors, American > 20th century > Interviews.
Poets, American > 20th century > California > San Francisco.
Poets > California > San Francisco.
Poets > New York (State) > New York.
Beats (Persons) > California > San Francisco > Biography.
Beats (Persons) > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Zen Buddhism > Influence.
Description
Summary:This revelatory and exhilarating and funny book not only tells us of the Beat generation, but of a time when we as individuals felt truly free. It is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history only far more entertaining--Studs Terkel.
Physical Description:viii, 199 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780809094967 (alk. paper)
0809094967 (alk. paper)