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Kesey's Jail Journal: Cut the M************ Loose
by Kesey, Ken
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0670876933
- ISBN 13
- 9780670876938
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Viking, 2003 Cloth, large 8vo. 1st ed. 110pp. White boards with gilt at spine. Illustrated DJ. Signed by Ed McClanahan, Zane Kesey, Caleb Kesey, David Stanford, and three other pranksters.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.
Synopsis
Four years after the legendary 1964 bus trip immortalized in Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test , Ken Kesey began serving time in San Mateo County Jail for pot possession. Transferred to an experimental low-security "honor camp" in the redwood forest, he spent six months clearing brush and immersing himself in the life of the jail community, attempting to "bring light and color" to it. "This is crazier here than the nuthouse ever was," Kesey noted, and proceeded to record the scene in numerous notebooks, illustrated with intense and brilliantly colored artwork. Upon returning to Oregon, Kesey turned the raw notebook material into an illustrated collage that stretched across dozens of 18" x 23" boards. Upon realizing that publication of the elaborate, handwritten book was more than his publisher was willing to attempt, he put it aside. Almost thirty years later he returned to the project and brought it to completion during the final years of his life. Fans of Ken Kesey's singular American voice will rejoice to hear it again in this unique and long-overdue volume. Those unfamiliar with Kesey's artwork are in for a revelation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Morrison Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1648847519080
- Title
- Kesey's Jail Journal: Cut the M************ Loose
- Author
- Kesey, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670876933
- ISBN 13
- 9780670876938
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, ART, NOTEBOOKS, JAIL, KESEY
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David Morrison Books
Biblio member since 2019
Portland, Oregon
About David Morrison Books
tiny shop @ 1420 SE 37th AVE in Portland OR. filled to the brim with unusual books that nobody wants.
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