{"product_id":"splendor-in-the-short-grass-the-grover-lewis-reader-paperback-softback-9780292722309","title":"Splendor in the Short Grass; The Grover Lewis Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292722309","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSplendor in the Short Grass\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Grover Lewis Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGrover Lewis (Author), Jan Reid (Edited by), W. K. Stratton (Edited by), Dave Hickey (Introduction by), Robert Draper (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292722309\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e291 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDave Hickey gets it exactly right in his preface to this collection of journalism, poetry, fiction and memoir: Lewis, who died in 1997, was indeed 'the most stone wonderful writer that nobody ever heard of.' Writing for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone \u003c\/i\u003ein the early '70s, he almost singlehandedly invented the movie set piece, and no one's ever improved on his flint-eyed profiles of Sam Peckinpah and the Allman Brothers. But the best piece here is his searing memoir of his white-trash Texas parents, who died in what was ruled a double suicide. Etched in acid and heart's blood, it is a terse masterpiece.\u003c\/div\u003e (Newsweek) \u003cdiv\u003eYour gonzo journalism library isn't complete without him.\u003c\/div\u003e (Ruminator)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction, 2006\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Grover Lewis was one of the defining voices of the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s. His wry, acutely observed, fluently written essays for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e set a standard for other writers of the time, including Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Eszterhas, Timothy Ferris, Chet Flippo, and Tim Cahill, who said of Lewis, \"He was the best of us.\" Pioneering the \"on location\" reportage that has become a fixture of features about moviemaking and live music, Lewis cut through the celebrity hype and captured the real spirit of the counterculture, including its artificiality and surprising banality. Even today, his articles on Woody Guthrie, the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, directors Sam Peckinpah and John Huston, and the filming of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e remain some of the finest writing ever done on popular culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e To introduce Grover Lewis to a new generation of readers and collect his best work under one cover, this anthology contains articles he wrote for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew West\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as excerpts from his unfinished novel \u003ci\u003eThe Code of the West\u003c\/i\u003e and his incomplete memoir \u003ci\u003eGoodbye If You Call That Gone\u003c\/i\u003e and poems from the volume \u003ci\u003eI'll Be There in the Morning If I Live\u003c\/i\u003e. Jan Reid and W. K. Stratton have selected and arranged the material around themes that preoccupied Lewis throughout his life-movies, music, and loss. The editors' biographical introduction, the foreword by Dave Hickey, and a remembrance by Robert Draper discuss how Lewis's early struggles to escape his working-class, anti-intellectual Texas roots for the world of ideas in books and movies made him a natural proponent of the counterculture that he chronicled so brilliantly. They also pay tribute to Lewis's groundbreaking talent as a stylist, whose unique voice deserves to be more widely known by today's readers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword by Dave Hickey: Magazine Writer \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Star-Crossed: A Biographical Sketch of Grover Lewis by Jan Reid and W. K. Stratton \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. Movies \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Splendor in the Short Grass: The Making of The Last Picture Show \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sam Peckinpah in Mexico: Over-Learning with El Jefe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Up in Fat City: On the Set with Keach and Huston \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One Step over the Fucked-Up Line with Robert Mitchum \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who's the Bull Goose Loony Here? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Excerpt from The Code of the West (unfinished novel) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cowboy Movie in Black and White (poem) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Old Movies in My Mind \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Music \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dirge for a Bird \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Hard Traveling of Woody Guthrie \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lookin' for Lightnin' \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stones Concert \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III. Loss \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Wreckage Children (poem) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Goodbye If You Call That Gone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Legacy of Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cracker Eden: Oak Cliff-a Report, a Memoir \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hillbilly Song (poem) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Cracker's Farewell: A Remembrance by Robert Draper \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Thanks for the Use of the Hall (poem) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685418561816,"sku":"9780292722309","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/splendor-in-the-short-grass-the-grover-lewis-reader-paperback-softback-9780292722309","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}