The beat generation in San Francisco
Subtitle: a literary tour
By: Bill Morgan ; introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Literary landmarks -- California -- San Francisco -- Guidebooks; American literature -- California -- San Francisco -- History and criticism; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- California -- San Francisco; Beat generation -- California -- San Francisco; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; San Francisco (Calif.) -- In literature; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Guidebooks
Genres: Guidebooks.
Description: "This guide is packed with photographs and anecdotes that take you to the places where the Beats lived and loved and wrote books that changed American literature and culture. Based on in-depth interviews, it chronicles the West Coast Beat experience beginning in the late forties, when they first set foot in the City."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.