Mile Marker Zero: The Moveable Feast of Key West by William McKeen (English) Pap

Description: Mile Marker Zero by William McKeen For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation there was another moveable feast: Key West, Florida. Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For Hemingway and Fitzgerald, there was Paris in the twenties. For others, later, there was Greenwich Village, Big Sur, and Woodstock. But for an even later generation—one defined by the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, and Hunter S. Thompson—there was another moveable feast: KeyWest, Florida.The small town on the two-by-four-mile island has long been an artistic haven, a wild refuge for people of all persuasions, and the inspirational home for a league of great American writers. Some of the artists went there to be literary he-men. Some went to re-create themselves. Others just went to disappear—and succeeded. No matter what inspired the trip, Key West in the seventies was the right place at the right time, where and when an astonishing collection of artists wove a web of creative inspiration.Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how these writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades, despite oceans of booze and boatloads of pot, through serial marriages and sexual escapades, in that dangerous paradise.Unlike the "Lost Generation" of Paris in the twenties, we have a generation that invented, reinvented, and found itself at the unending cocktail party at the end—and the beginning—of Americas highway. Author Biography William McKeen is the author or editor of many books, including Homegrown in Florida, Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson, Highway 61: A Father-and-Son Journey through the Middle of America, and Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay: An Anthology. He is chair of the Department of Journalism at Boston University. Details ISBN0813062314 Author William McKeen Short Title MILE MARKER ZERO Pages 240 Publisher University Press of Florida Language English ISBN-10 0813062314 ISBN-13 9780813062310 Media Book Format Paperback Residence FL, US Birth 1954 Year 2016 Imprint University Press of Florida Subtitle The Moveable Feast of Key West Place of Publication Florida Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-09-06 NZ Release Date 2016-09-06 UK Release Date 2016-09-06 Illustrations 1 black & white photograph DEWEY B Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2016-09-30 US Release Date 2016-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98291281;

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