Beat generation
Subtitle: glory days in Greenwich Village
By: Fred W. McDarrah, Gloria S. McDarrah.
Contributors: McDarrah, Gloria S.
Publisher: Schirmer Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Friends and associates -- Portraits.; Beat generation -- Pictorial works.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Portraits.; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Pictorial works.; Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.; Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
Description: From fashion and food to literature and music, the Beats heralded a new way of living, and a new mode of recording their lives. There is hardly a part of American culture today that is untouched by their work.

Fred and Gloria McDarrah lived and worked in the heart of the Beat scene. Astute observers and participants, they faithfully recorded what they saw in word and picture. Besides their own thoughts and images, they amassed a collection of authentic Beat writings, all in the author's own hand or typed by them. Now reproduced for the first time, these writings complement the photographs and memories in giving a full picture of what it was like to be a Beat.

With over 240 photographs, this work promises to be a landmark document of the Beats, their lives, and times.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-273) and index.