{"product_id":"the-bohemians-mark-twain-and-the-san-francisco-writers-who-reinvented-american-literature-9780143126966","title":"The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary portrait of a fast-changing America--and the Western writers who gave voice to its emerging identity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once an intimate portrait of an unforgettable group of writers and a history of a cultural revolution in America, \u003ci\u003eThe Bohemians \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how a brief moment on the far western frontier changed our culture forever. Beginning with Mark Twain's arrival in San Francisco in 1863, this group biography introduces readers to the other young eccentric writers seeking to create a new American voice at the country's edge--literary golden boy Bret Harte; struggling gay poet Charles Warren Stoddard; and beautiful, haunted Ina Coolbrith, poet and protector of the group. Ben Tarnoff's elegant, atmospheric history reveals how these four pioneering writers helped spread the Bohemian movement throughout the world, transforming American literature along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tarnoff's book sings with the humor and expansiveness of his subjects' prose, capturing the intoxicating atmosphere of possibility that defined, for a time, America's frontier.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rich hauls of historical research, deeply excavated but lightly borne.... Mr. Tarnoff's ultimate thesis is a strong one, strongly expressed: that together these writers 'helped pry American literature away from its provincial origins in New England and push it into a broader current'.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Tarnoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143126966","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710650093705,"sku":"9780143126966","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0c376825-c238-464f-a411-ce4e11a3923e.jpg?v=1719540675","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-bohemians-mark-twain-and-the-san-francisco-writers-who-reinvented-american-literature-9780143126966","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}