{"product_id":"9780486290461","title":"Garrets and Pretenders: Bohemian Life in America from Poe to Kerouac","description":"Hailed as \"thoroughly fascinating\" and \"an excellent account\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e this chronicle recaptures the vibrantly eccentric lifestyles of generations of free-spirited Americans. Its evocative profiles range from Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and Ambrose Bierce to lesser-known nonconformists and iconoclasts. Hoboes, starving poets, suffragettes, and artists' models populate these pages, forming a bustling panoply of banquets, suicides, and ferocious literary rivalries.\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Parry's classic survey created a sensation upon its initial publication in 1933. This new edition offers a 1948 reminiscence of the Greenwich Village scene and updates the narrative to the beatnik era of 1960. More than a collection of stories and anecdotes, this well-documented history unfolds with all the panache of a gripping novel. Scores of cartoons, drawings, and caricatures illustrate its memorable views of unconventional lives.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122965496048,"sku":"9780486290461","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486290461_p0.jpg?v=1763708654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486290461","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}