In New York in 1944, Campbell finds the leading members of what was to become the Beat Generation in the shadows of madness and criminality. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs had each seen the insides of a mental hospital and a prison by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into literature, and a literary movement that spread across the globe. 35 photos.
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In New York in 1944, Campbell finds the leading members of what was to become the Beat Generation in the shadows of madness and criminality. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs had each seen the insides of a mental hospital and a prison by the age of 30. This book charts the transformation of these experiences into literature, and a literary movement that spread across the globe. 35 photos.
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Add this copy of This is the Beat Generation / New York, San Francisco, to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Vintage, London, 2000.
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320 pages. Very good pictorial wraps with photograph of Kerouac, Orlovsky and Burroughs on the cover. Clean text throughout. With many excellent photographs throughout. New and bright all around, gift quality.
Add this copy of This is the Beat Generation: New York, San Francisco, to cart. $19.00, like new condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by University of California Press, 2001.
