{"product_id":"scriptures-for-a-generation-paperback","title":"Scriptures for a Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip D. Beidler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Scriptures for a Generation are dozens of detailed entries discussing individual writers and the particular importance of their texts - bona fide '60s classics ranging from The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five to Carlos Casteneda's The Teachings of Don Juan and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective's Our Bodies, Ourselves. Represented as well are such works of revered elders as Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf and Henry David Thoreau's Walden. Beidler's coverage also extends to works of the early '70s that are clearly textual and spiritual extensions of the '60s: the Portola Institute's Last Whole Earth Catalog, Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and others. An overview of reading and writing as both a product and prime mover of '60s culture precedes the main section. In his conclusion Beidler highlights the most notable efforts to document and interpret the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHILIP D. BEIDLER (1944-2022) was a professor of English at the University of Alabama. He has written or edited more than ten books. Beidler served as an armored cavalry platoon leader in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.74 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476661780729,"sku":"9780820317878","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/DVqn5xtryM9780820317878.webp?v=1772650825","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/scriptures-for-a-generation-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}