The pump house gang Wolfe, Tom creator author. text essay Essays History Essays. nyu 2022 1968 First Picador edition. monographic eng print xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm A sprawling collection of essays about the subcultures of the 1960s by Tom Wolfe, the revolutionary journalist and novelist When Tom Wolfe smashed his way into the literary scene in 1965 with The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, he transformed reporting in American popular culture. For his second book, Wolfe traveled from La Jolla to London in search of new lifestyles. The Pump House Gang is the result: a collection of essays that chronicles life at the end of the 1960s, written with all the panache and perceptiveness that made Wolfe one of our greatest American journalists. Introduction -- The pump house gang -- The mid-Atlantic man -- King of the status dropouts -- The put-together girl -- The noonday underground -- The mild ones -- The hair boys -- What if he is right? -- Bob and Spike -- Tom Wolfe's new book of etiquette -- The life & hard times of a teenage London society girl -- The private game -- The automated hotel -- The shockkkkkk of recognition -- O rotten Gotham.sliding down into the behavioral sink. Tom Wolfe Originally published in 1968 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux e-uk-en n-us--- United States Social life and customs 1945-1970 England Social life and customs 20th century Social status Popular culture History Intellectual life History Nineteen sixties États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1945-1970 Angleterre Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle Statut social Culture populaire Histoire Années soixante (Vingtième siècle) social status Intellectual life Manners and customs Nineteen sixties Popular culture Social status England United States 1900-1999 fast E169.Z8 W6 2022 814.54 9781250891334 1250891337 pda,print YDX 220617 20250318223944.2 in00005464362 eng