{"product_id":"9781504045650","title":"Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe “dazzling” and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivotal era of social change, the first work of nonfiction from one of American literature’s most distinctive prose stylists is a modern classic.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In twenty razor-sharp essays that redefined the art of journalism, National Book Award–winning author Joan Didion reports on a society gripped by a deep generational divide, from the “misplaced children” dropping acid in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district to Hollywood legend John Wayne filming his first picture after a bout with cancer. She paints indelible portraits of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and folk singer Joan Baez, “a personality before she was entirely a person,” and takes readers on eye-opening journeys to Death Valley, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, “the most extreme and allegorical of American settlements.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e First published in 1968, \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem \u003c\/i\u003ehas been heralded by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas “a rare display of some of the best prose written today in this country” and named to \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine’s list of the one hundred best and most influential nonfiction books. It is the definitive account of a terrifying and transformative decade in American history whose discordant reverberations continue to sound a half-century later.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131298234608,"sku":"9781504045650","price":11.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504045650_p0.jpg?v=1763711930","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504045650","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}