{"product_id":"scriptures-for-a-generation-philip-d-beidler-9780820317878","title":"Scriptures for a Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than fifty writers, from Timothy Leary and Malcolm X to Helen Gurley Brown and Rachel Carson, are individually profiled in this lively survey of the literature of the 1960s. A look at the books behind the decade's youth movements, \u003ci\u003eScriptures for a Generation\u003c\/i\u003e recalls the era as one of unprecedented literacy and belief in the power of books to change society. In showing that the generation that came of age in the '60s marked both the height and the end of \"the last great reading culture,\" Philip D. Beidler also implies much about the state of literacy in our country today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeatured are bona fide 1960s classics ranging from Kahlil Gibran's \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e and Kurt Vonnegut's \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse Five\u003c\/i\u003e to Carlos Casteneda's \u003ci\u003eThe Teachings of Don Juan\u003c\/i\u003e and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective's \u003ci\u003eOur Bodies, Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e. Represented as well are such works of revered elders as Hermann Hesse's \u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf\u003c\/i\u003e and Henry David Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e. Beidler's coverage also extends to works of the early 1970s that are textual and spiritual extensions of the 1960s: the Portola Institute's \u003ci\u003eLast Whole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e, Annie Dillard's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Pirsig's \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance\u003c\/i\u003e, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip D. Beidler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082031787X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820317878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.70w x 0.35d","brand":"Philip D. Beidler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153120571647,"sku":"9780820317878","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_544a5db3-68a4-4fe3-9e04-9025eb0091e5.jpg?v=1770781425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scriptures-for-a-generation-philip-d-beidler-9780820317878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}