New York in the Fifties

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Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1992 - Biography & Autobiography - 355 pages
Wakefield explores a decade in which the "taste, politics, and culture of our society underwent a profound transformation, one that shaped the way we live now". Enriched by the recollections of friends and colleagues who bring their own insights to this book: Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Calvin Trillin, Allen Ginsberg, and others. Photographs.

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The Silent Generation Speaks Out
1
To Grand Central Station
11
Lions and Cubs on Morningside Heights
24
Copyright

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