The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs - Beats in South Texas

Informationen zum Autor Rob Johnson is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas-Pan American. With a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California! he specializes in the study of Mexican-American writers! the Beat Generation! and Southern writers. Klappentext The sometimes raunchy! often legally dubious New York and Mexican exploits of William S Burroughs! one of the godfathers of the "Beat" generation! are well known. This book presents stories about his farm! a "serious" fifty-acre spread! in the Valley near Edinburg! described in the 1977 edition of "Junky". Zusammenfassung The sometimes raunchy! often legally dubious New York and Mexican exploits of William S Burroughs! one of the godfathers of the ""Beat"" generation! are well known. This book presents stories about his farm! a ""serious"" fifty-acre spread! in the Valley near Edinburg! described in the 1977 edition of ""Junky"".

Product details

• Authors: Rob Johnson, Robert Earl Johnson
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2006
• EAN: 9781585445479
• ISBN: 978-1-58544-547-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Tarleton State University Sout; Tarleton State University Sout
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary, Biography / Autobiography