Baltimore

by Harrison Edward Livingstone

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094140109X
• ISBN13: 9780941401098
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Conservatory Press
• Length: 467 Pages

Customer Reviews

Captures the Artistic Heart and Soul of Baltimore's Beatniks

This is a book about the Beat Era in Baltimore, late 50s to early 60s. It is raw and raucous, and realistic. A Baltimore Sun columnist of the era, John Goodspeed, said Livingstone reproduces the era "more accurately than I have ever seen it done." He called Livingstone "a talented writer, considerably better than Kerouac." He adds, "If you want to know what the artistic heart and soul (and groin) of the Largest Unknown City in America was like just before it began its slide to ruin, this is the novel for you." Livingstone has written three previous novels and a collection of poetry, as well as editing "Cry of the Invisible," a collection of writings by homeless people. He is a writer worth reading, and this is a great book about Baltimore's artistic milieu four decades ago.