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California has about it a genius of place that inspires and mystifies, but deftly eludes definition. Each essay and excerpt in this collection of fact and fiction succeeds in capturing a vision of the Golden State.
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"Writing about the place that still calls itself the Golden State is impossible without reference to the counterpoint between the paradisiacal and the demonic, and this is nothing if not a splendid sample."--Peter Schrag, "The Nation
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A collection of essays on the Land of Gold in all its glory and infamy by America's most noted writers ranging from Tom Wolfe on gangs, to Jack Kerouac on a long-forgotten automobile lying at the base of Big Sur.
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- PublisherNorth Point Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0865474036
- ISBN 13 9780865474031
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages332
- EditorLeonard Michaels, David Reid, Raquel Scherr
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