Topic: US History
Prairie Fire: Political Statement of the Weather Underground. Interesting note regarding Prairie Fire.
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Prairie Fire: Political Statement of the Weather Underground. Interesting note regarding Prairie Fire.
The Diggers, 1960's organization based in San Francisco. From the Digger Papers, "The Post Competitive Comparative Game of a Free City." Emmett Grogan, ( see "Ringolevio") claims that he was the author of this article.
Fear And Loathing 2004, title page with Ralph Steadman illustration. Compare to Hunter Thompson's first article in Rolling Stone two posts below (Battle of Aspen, 1970).
From City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara by Brad Gooch. Description of a poetry reading where the New York School and The Beats were trying to build a comraderie. I love O'Hara's quip at Kerouac.
The Battle of Aspen, title page. Hunter S Thompson's first article in Rolling Stone magazine.
From Vladimir Mayakovsky's "An Extraordinary Adventure Which Happened to Me Vladimir Mayakovsky."
Original illiustrated title page for Hunter Thompson's article "The Great Shark Hunt" in Playboy magazine, Dec 1974.
Kerouac's Origin of the Beat Generation.
Hanuman Books in 1990 collected some Kerouac quotes and printed up some micro books (smaller than an ipod).