Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stone, Robert, PUBLISHER: Ecco Press, A ong>memoirong> ong>ofong> America's most turbulent, whimsical decade, in the words ong>ofong> the man who experienced it all... From the New York City ong>ofong> Kline and De Kooning to the jazz era ong>ofong> New Orleans's French Quarter to Ken Kesey's psychedelic California, "Prime Green" explores the s in all its weird, innocent, fascinating glory. An account framed by two wars, it begins ong>withong> Robert Stone's last year in the Navy, when he took part in an Antarctic expedition navigating the globe, and ends in Vietnam, where he was a correspondent in the days following the invasion ong>ofong> Laos. Told in scintillating detail, "Prime Green" zips from coast to coast, from days spent in the raucous ong>ofong>fices ong>ofong> Manhattan tabloids to the breathtaking beaches ong>ofong> Mexico, and merry times aboard the bus ong>withong> Kesey and the Pranksters. Building on personal vignettes from Stone's travels across America, this powerful ong>memoirong> ong>ofong>fers the legendary novelist's inside perspective on a time many understand only peripherally. These accounts ong>ofong> the s are riveting not only because Stone is a master storyteller but because he was there, in the thick ong>ofong> it, through all the wild times. From these incredible experiences, "Prime Green" forges a moving and adventurous portrait ong>ofong> a unique moment in American history.