The Beats (Hardcover)
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"The Beats" is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history, only far more entertaining." --Studs Terkel
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| Author | Harvey Pekar |
| Binding | Hardback |
| Cat No. | 1794960 |
| EAN | 978080909496752200 |
| Genre | Humour |
| ISBN | 9780809094967 |
| Publisher | Hill & Wang |
| Type | books |
"The Beats" is as fresh and pertinent as the latest scholarly history, only far more entertaining." --Studs Terkel
"This lively graphic history spotlights the 1950s youth revolt that said no to conformity and opened the way to a new world of unfettered imagination." --Franklin Rosemont, cofounder of the Chicago Surrealist Group
"Capturing the flavor of that poetic era with style and wit, The Beats is a slice of countercultural history that's enhanced by its unique visual format." --Paul Krassner, author of "One Hand Jerking: Reports from an Investigative Satirist"
"This graphic history has a grittiness and attention to difficult anecdote that brings a classic American romantic venture, with all its deviant sexual and economic 'crazy wisdom, ' down to the gritty realism of pen-and-ink earth." --Edward Sanders, author of "America: A History in Verse"
