I Just Hitched in from the Coast

The Ed McClanahan Reader

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Anthologies, Biography & Memoir, Literary
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Author: Ed McClanahan ISBN: 9781582438351
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Ed McClanahan
ISBN: 9781582438351
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

“It’s a little Hunter S. Thompson cut with the mellowing influence of a peaceful flower child that makes for one hell of a fun ride.” —The Paris Review

This rollicking collection—personally selected by the author (in collaboration with his editor Tom Marksbury)—gathers the best of Ed McClanahan’s work, making it a must-have for both long-time fans and newcomers alike. Comprised of fourteen works, I Just Hitched in from the Coast is an admixture of fiction and nonfiction, memoir and imagination. It includes such classics as “Fondelle, or: The Whore with a Heart of Gold,” and the wry essay “The Day the Lampshades Breathed,” chronicling McClanahans time in the 1960s.

In “The Essentials of Western Civilization,” McClanahan imagines the affairs of Assistant Professor Harrison B. Eastep, MA, of Arbuckle State in Oregon, and of the gradual erosion of his dedication to academia. Weaving together Vietnam, rock and roll, a lackluster counterculture past, and the Great Plague of London, this is storytelling at its best by a master of the craft.

“After lying low for a few years, Captain Kentucky is back, resuming his epic quest to make the world safe for quirky characters and good storytelling.” —Lexington Herald-Leader

“Readers familiar with Kesey and Jack Kerouac will be on solid ground here . . . Counterculture icons are a vanishing breed, so it’s good to find one of them still going strong and thoroughly crazy after all these years.” —Booklist

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“It’s a little Hunter S. Thompson cut with the mellowing influence of a peaceful flower child that makes for one hell of a fun ride.” —The Paris Review

This rollicking collection—personally selected by the author (in collaboration with his editor Tom Marksbury)—gathers the best of Ed McClanahan’s work, making it a must-have for both long-time fans and newcomers alike. Comprised of fourteen works, I Just Hitched in from the Coast is an admixture of fiction and nonfiction, memoir and imagination. It includes such classics as “Fondelle, or: The Whore with a Heart of Gold,” and the wry essay “The Day the Lampshades Breathed,” chronicling McClanahans time in the 1960s.

In “The Essentials of Western Civilization,” McClanahan imagines the affairs of Assistant Professor Harrison B. Eastep, MA, of Arbuckle State in Oregon, and of the gradual erosion of his dedication to academia. Weaving together Vietnam, rock and roll, a lackluster counterculture past, and the Great Plague of London, this is storytelling at its best by a master of the craft.

“After lying low for a few years, Captain Kentucky is back, resuming his epic quest to make the world safe for quirky characters and good storytelling.” —Lexington Herald-Leader

“Readers familiar with Kesey and Jack Kerouac will be on solid ground here . . . Counterculture icons are a vanishing breed, so it’s good to find one of them still going strong and thoroughly crazy after all these years.” —Booklist

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