The Typewriter Is Holy: The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation

by William Morgan and Bill Morgan

Book Overview

2014 ACKER AWARD WINNER

Anyone who cares to understand the literary and cultural ferment of America in the later twentieth century must be familiar with the writings and lives of those scruffy bohemians known as the Beat Generation.

In this highly entertaining work, Bill Morgan, the country's leading authority on the movement and a man who personally knew most of the Beats, narrates the history of these writers as primarily a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416592423
• ISBN13: 9781416592426
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"