Mania: The Story of the Outraged & Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution

by David M. Skover and Ronald K.L. Collins

Book Overview

"Collins and Skover offer a vivid retelling...those in search of a good story and the raw, compelling 'feel' for the mindset and actions of the Beats will be rewarded.... The madcap, savage world of the Beats is laid out in spades." --Publishers Weekly

By the time Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer to death on the banks of the Hudson River in August 1944, it was clear that the hard-partying teenage companion to Jack Kerouac,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938938356
• ISBN13: 9781938938351
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Top Five Books, LLC
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"