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Beat Atlas: A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America

Autor Bill Morgan Nancy Peters Fotografii de Allen Ginsberg
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2011
A companion to our guides to San Francisco and New York, Beat Atlas: A Guide to the Beat Generation in America is a state-by-state guide to the rest of the nation's significant Beat locales. From Jack Kerouac's Lowell to William Burroughs' Lawrence, Kansas, to Neal Cassady's Denver—and everywhere in between—Beat Atlas contains a wealth of historical information subdivided by region and state for easy reference and is illustrated with photographs by Allen Ginsberg. Written by Ginsberg biographer and Beat authority Bill Morgan, and rich with literary lore, Beat Atlas makes an ideal companion for armchair travelers as well as those "on the road."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780872865129
ISBN-10: 0872865126
Pagini: 225
Ilustrații: B&W photos throughout
Dimensiuni: 112 x 213 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: City Lights Books

Notă biografică

Bill Morgan: Bill Morgan (b.1949) is a painter and archival consultant who lives in New York City and Bennington, Vermont. He is the author of The Beat Generation in New York and The Beat Generation in San Francisco, I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg, and edited Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays of Allen Ginsberg, 1952-1995, as well as Ginsberg’s Book of Martyrdom and Artifice: First Journals and Poems, 1937-1952, and Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression.

Nancy Peters: Nancy Peters is the co-owner and past executive director of City Lights Books. She is the author of Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History from its Origins to the Present Day (Harper, 1980).

Allen Ginsberg: Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), founding father of the Beat Generation, inspired the American counterculture of the second half of the twentieth century with his groundbreaking poems. His books include Howl & Other Poems, Kaddish & Other Poems, Reality Sandwiches, Planet News, Fall of American, Mind Breaths, and Plutonian Ode, all published by City Lights.

Cuprins

BEAT ATLAS: THE BEAT GENERATION IN AMERICA
by Bill Morgan

CONTENTS


A. NORTHEAST REGION:
I. New England States
MASSACHUSETTS
MAINE
NEW HAMPSHIRE
VERMONT
RHODE ISLAND
CONNECTICUT

II. Middle Atlantic States
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
PENNSYLVANIA



B. MIDWEST REGION:
III. East North Central States
OHIO
MICHIGAN
INDIANA
ILLINOIS
WISCONSIN

IV: West North Central States
KANSAS
NEBRASKA
MINNESOTA
IOWA
MISSOURI
SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTH DAKOTA



C. SOUTH REGION
V. South Atlantic States
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DELAWARE
MARYLAND
WEST VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
GEORGIA
FLORIDA
KENTUCKY
TENNESSEE
MISSISSIPPI
ALABAMA

VI: West South Central States
LOUISIANA
ARKANSAS
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS



D. WEST REGION
VII. Mountain States
COLORADO
MONTANA
IDAHO
WYOMING
NEVADA
UTAH
ARIZONA
NEW MEXICO

VIII. Pacific States
OREGON
WASHINGTON
CALIFORNIA
ALASKA
HAWAII

Descriere

Beat Atlas is the ultimate tour guide for those interested in the Beats and their travels "on the road."