In the Seventies: Adventures in the Counter-culture
Author(s): Barry Miles
It is an insider's guide to the seventies. Beginning with the Weathermen explosion in Greenwich Village and ending with punk, the seventies was the age of extremes, sex, drugs and, of course, rock 'n' roll. With an extraordinary cast of characters, and even more extraordinary anecdotes, In "The Seventies" tells, firsthand, the story - and stories - of the decade. From Allen Ginsberg's hippie commune in upstate New York to the time Miles spent cataloguing William Burroughs' archives in London, from David Bowie in drag to Grace Jones naked at Studio 54, it's all here. Vivid, compelling, intimate and, sometimes, insane, it's the stuff of which legends are made.
Product Information
Barry Miles is an English writer, luminary of the sixties underground and businessman. In the 1960s, he was co-owner of the Indica Gallery and helped start the International Times. Miles has written biographies of McCartney, Lennon, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski and Allen Ginsberg, in addition to books on The Beatles, Pink Floyd and The Clash, and a general history of London's counter-culture since 1945, London Calling.
General Fields
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- : Profile Books Ltd
- : Serpent's Tail
- : 01 March 2013
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Illustrations, ports
- : 256
- : 306.109047
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Barry Miles