Beat Generation: Glory Days in Greenwich Village

by Fred W. McDarrah, Gloria S. McDarrah

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, 1st Edition, Schrimer 1996. Thick Royal 4to. 286pp. 240 wonderful black and white contemporary photographs by the beat poet author, mostly full-page, also beat poetry and prose, some unpublished, and introductory essay. Appears unread. very good condition, clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind, clean crisp corners and edges, well held in joints nad hinges. Bound in bright gilt lettered black faux leather rubbed to head and tail of spine, together with origianal unclipped portrait pictorial dustwrapper. 'Promises to be a landmark document of The Beats, their life and times. ' The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved...the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.' Jack Kerouac, On The Road.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, History, Poetry

286 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Belle · Rating 5 out of 5]

A phenomenal and well catalogued book of Greenwich Village’s Beat legends, including history, poems, and extraordinary photographs at the heart of all the vibrant Greenwich Village cultural hubs.

[Dylan · Rating 3 out of 5]

mostly photos and a handful of poems

[Alison]

Leafed through this, a collection of 1950s & early 1960s Greenwich Village readings and party scenes, to help me understand the environment Louise Fitzhugh lived in during that time, as well as to place "Suzuki Bean" in context.

[Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great photos of many of the legendary poets and writers of the 50's and 60's....