Souvenirs of a Blown World: Sketches From the Sixties: Writings About America, 1966-1973

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Gregory McDonald

Souvenirs of a Blown World

Sketches From the Sixties: Writings About America, 1966-1973

Gregory McDonald

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Seven Stories
01 August 2011

History; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

Bestselling author of the Fletch series Gregory Mcdonald presents firsthand accounts of major events during the sixties and interviews with Joan Baez, Abbie Hoffman, Krishnamurti, Phil Ochs, Andy Warhol, and others. The year was 1966, and fresh off the heels of his controversial debut novel Running Scared, Mcdonald was hired to write for the Boston Globe with the instruction to ""Go and have fun and write about it, and if you end up cut and bleeding on the sidewalk, call the office."" Souvenirs of a Blown World is an exuberant account of the people, the encounters, and emotions that raced through the nation during those indelible years. You will follow a war-battered young soldier through the steamy quagmire of Vietnam, attend a barbeque bash in Dallas for the opening of John Wayne's two hundred and first picture, watch Jack Kerouac booze himself into hallucinatory eloquence, and run through the streets of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Captured in kaleidoscopic prose, this is the vanished world of America's revolt, the explosive second adolescence that shook old institutions to their foundations . . . the time we must relive and understand if we are to understand and live through our own.

By: Gregory McDonald
Imprint: Seven Stories
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9781583228661
ISBN 10: 1583228667
Pages: 235
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Souvenirs of a Blown World: Sketches From the Sixties: Writings About America, 1966-1973

[Gregory Mcdonald] is one of the best writers we have-to the point and always original. -New York Times Book Review Mcdonald is one of the cleverest writers around. -United Press International