Slouching towards Bethlehem: essays
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Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivotal era of social change, the first work of nonfiction from one of American literature's most distinctive prose stylists is a modern classic. In twenty razor-sharp essays that redefined the art of journalism, National Book Award-winning author Joan Didion reports on a society gripped by a deep generational divide, from the "misplaced children" dropping acid in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district to Hollywood legend John Wayne filming his first picture after a bout with cancer. She paints indelible portraits of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and folk singer Joan Baez, "a personality before she was entirely a person," and takes readers on eye-opening journeys to Death Valley, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, "the most extreme and allegorical.
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American essays -- 20th century
American literature
American literature -- Women authors
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Essays
Hippies
Hippies -- California -- San Francisco
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Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Social life and customs
Sociology
Women authors
American essays -- 20th century
American literature
American literature -- Women authors
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Electronic books
Essays
Hippies
Hippies -- California -- San Francisco
History
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
Social life and customs
Sociology
Women authors
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