Jubilee hitchhiker : the life and times of Richard Brautigan
Hjortsberg, William, 1941-2012
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A biography of the author of "Trout fishing in America" and "A Confederate general from Big Sur" portrays his career from life among the Beats in 1950s San Francisco to the hippies in the 1960s to his abrupt suicide in 1984.
Main title:
Jubilee hitchhiker : the life and times of Richard Brautigan / William Hjortsberg.
Author:
Hjortsberg, William, 1941-, author
Imprint:
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2012]
Collation:
852 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 813-829) and index.
Contents:
Part One : Flowerburger. John Doe number 9Honor thy fatherAmerican dustTacoma ghostsDick PorterfieldMidnight driver's edPounding at the gates of American literatureWhite wooden angel of loveThe rub of a strange catFamily albumRenoFriscoOn the beachGingerThe generalScorpio risingScaling Mount ParnassusGone fishingThe fastest car on earthO, tannenbobMoosemelonAborted dreamsThe museumThe emperor's new clothesDigger dazeRx : Dr. LearyBanzaiBread and circusesWillardBrief encounterSummer of love.Part Two : Bushido Gunslinger. Hitching a rideTen day baronsThe great public library publishing caperCover girlsSatoriFame's feathery crowbarIit critMy home's in MontanaOver easyThe five-year planStockholmThrowing a hoolihanKidsTokyo throesThe paradise valley ladies' book club luncheonAkiRattrap rouletteBanned in the boondocksRashomonTrouble and strifeR.i.p.Midnight expressShinolaBlowing in the windDeathgrowthThe itchThe pitchThe end.
ISBN:
9781619021051 (pbk)1619021056 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2227586
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