New book

[cozmik_cowboy]

I just stumbled across the fact that Dennis McNally (longtime Dead publicist & author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History Of The Grateful Dead, which is highly recommended) has a new one out; The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies And Created The Sixties.
Just ordered from the library; I'll report back.


Peter

[David Houck]

... Just ordered from the library; I'll report back.


Peter

Please do!

[Quasar1]

Thanks Peter

Got it Kindle for under 20

it has certainly put the lasso around the neck of my interest

[David Houck]

This afternoon I read the table of contents and the introduction online, and now I've just ordered as well.

[Quasar1]

Hey there Dave and Peter

It's been a great read so far

I think you both will be glad you bought it

[cozmik_cowboy]

Just finished it; a wonderful tracing of several generations the cultural, spiritual, and intellectual underpinnings of the hippie movement.  A fine reminder of why we were right all along......
In the acknowledgements, McNally says it is "the fourth and last part" of his life's work, a history of the post-war (mostly) American counterculture.  Having now read the 2nd (A Long Strange Trip: the Inside History of the Grateful Dead) and the 4th and loved both, I ordered the one copy held in any Illinois library of the 1st (Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America*) and, no library owning it, from Amazon the 3rd (On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom).


*Garcia worshiped Kerouac and loved Dennis's bio; that's how he came to be their publicist.


Peter

[David Houck]

I'm on chapter 30, about 64% of the way through; and so far, it's amazing.  I know a lot of the names and events from other sources I've come across throughout my life; and this book ties them all together into a cohesive whole, even deeper than I previously imagined - names and events that came to significantly shape my life as well as the culture.

I'm considering moving next to two autobiographical books by Peter Coyote that cover some of the same ground, especially around the Diggers.

At the same time I'm reading A History of Rock & Roll in 500 Songs mentioned in another thread, which also covers some of the same ground.  I'm on Episode 15, Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton.  Well researched and well written.

[cozmik_cowboy]

I'm on chapter 30, about 64% of the way through; and so far, it's amazing.  I know a lot of the names and events from other sources I've come across throughout my life; and this book ties them all together into a cohesive whole, even deeper than I previously imagined - names and events that came to significantly shape my life as well as the culture.

I'm considering moving next to two autobiographical books by Peter Coyote that cover some of the same ground, especially around the Diggers.

At the same time I'm reading A History of Rock & Roll in 500 Songs mentioned in another thread, which also covers some of the same ground.  I'm on Episode 15, Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton.  Well researched and well written.

All duly noted; thanks, Dave.

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

Just finished Desolate Angel.  A cover blurb from Paul Krasner calls it "....the Roots of the hippie generation."  Seems apt.


 I'm about to start On Highway 61, and am sorry I didn't read them in order written.  I highly recommend all (so far - but I have reason to believe this last one will stand up to the others; to wit the Introduction - mods, do you think it would get us trouble it I posted 2 1/5 pages of McNally's text - with proper citation, of course)?
And i will tell you something:  One of the worst parts about being an historian is reading other historian's writing; most of them - I guess I should say "us".... (no matter how knowledgeable the author nor how interesting what s/he's trying to present could be) are truly execrable writers. 
McNally is decidedly an exception; his style flows into the eyes as easily as Christopher Moore at his best!


These books are really reminding me how & why I became who I did.


Peter


   

[David Houck]

... the Introduction - mods, do you think it would get us trouble it I posted 2 1/5 pages of McNally's text - with proper citation, of course)? ...

After a brief search, I'm left thinking that 2 1/2 pages could be problematic.

However, it looks like Google Books has the 2 1/2 pages in question available online.  (Reading the introduction there now.)

https://www.google.com/books/edition/On_Highway_61/kHtLEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=on+highway+61+-+dave+mcnally&pg=PA449&printsec=frontcover

[cozmik_cowboy]

Thanks, Dave.  But when I click it, the first readable page 228; intro starts on 1........



My attempts to refresh my memory on the matter leads me to think that for my purpose, it fall under "Favored Use" (more likely - but not assuredly - to be considered fair use) on 3 on of the 4 criteria, and probably would meet the 4th test, but I don't want to take any risk of creating a hassle for Alembic.

With as many pages as Google has up, I'd think that we'd fine with proper citation, but I will refrain so as to not have any risk of causing problems for our kind hosts.


Take my word, folks; if you read the intro, you'd want to read the book!

Peter

[David Houck]

When I first searched it out in Google Books, that happened to me too.  But then I somehow scrolled up and a table of contents showed up and I clicked on Introduction.

[cozmik_cowboy]

I got as far as clicking on "Introduction".
Introduction, alas, was not taking my call; everything stayed the same.
But if some folks can read it by so clicking, then verily do I urge them on!

Peter

[cozmik_cowboy]

Oh boy!  In On Highway 61, McNally throws us a wink & a nod!  He writes "But Twain was a prankster, and you can never trust a prankster."



Anyone else want to be a fly on the ceiling of a discussion between Twain & Kesey?


Peter