{"product_id":"my-vita-if-you-will-ed-mcclanahan-9781887178778","title":"My Vita, If You Will: The Uncollected Ed McClanahan","description":"\u003cb\u003eIf you don't know Ed McClanahan, this \"anthology of his essays, reviews, short stories, and novel excerpts (from early drafts) ought to do the trick\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighlighting the collection is \"Grateful Dead I Have Known,\" a long prize-winning meditation about Jerry Garcia and the fanatical devotion of his fans. Also collected here for the first time are McClanahans's earliest short stories, along with book reviews, lost chapters of \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and a substantial afterword to \u003ci\u003eFamous People I Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e. His recollections of famous friends and fellow travelers form an integral part of this book. He joins his buddy Ken Kesey in a bus-journey reunion with other gray-haired Merry Pranksters, and he pokes fun at his own graduate-school flamboyance in a touching remembrance of his mentor Wallace Stegner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed McClanahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1887178775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781887178778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.02w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/1998 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1998 pg. 388","brand":"Ed McClanahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991169007871,"sku":"9781887178778","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3890354a-eb9c-4a3f-87ec-6ad2a62f4431.jpg?v=1683308831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-vita-if-you-will-ed-mcclanahan-9781887178778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}