When Edie was first published; it quickly became an international bestseller and then took its place among the classic books about the 1960s. Edie Sedgwick exploded into the public eye like a comet. She seemed to have it all: she was aristocratic and glamorous; vivacious and young; Andy Warhol’s superstar. But within a few years she flared out as quickly as she had appeared; and before she turned twenty-nine she was dead from a drug overdose.In a dazzling tapestry of voices—family; friends; lovers; rivals—the entire meteoric trajectory of Edie Sedgwick’s life is brilliantly captured. And so is the Pop Art world of the ‘60s: the sex; drugs; fashion; music—the mad rush for pleasure and fame. All glitter and flash on the outside; it was hollow and desperate within—like Edie herself; and like her mentor; Andy Warhol. Alternately mesmerizing; tragic; and horrifying; this book shattered many myths about the ‘60s experience in America.
#3565329 in Books Johns Hopkins University Press 2008-10-13Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.30 x 6.13l; 1.65 #File Name: 0801889863408 pages
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A detailed and thoughtful study of an exceptional leader and true patriotBy Midwest Book ReviewWritten by Ari Hoogenboom (professor of history emeritus; Brooklyn College; City University of New York); Gustavus Vasa Fox of the Union Navy: A Biography is a meticulously researched and presented biography of the man commonly held most responsible for the U.S. Navy's exceptional success in the Civil War. Chapters chronicle Fox's naval service from his debut as a midshipman in 1838; to his participation in the Coast Survey; his captainship of a steamer that traveled from New York to Havana to New Orleans; to his crucial role in the effective blockade of the southern coast during the Civil War. Hoogenboom was personally neither for nor against slavery; but rather dedicated to preserving the Union. As he witnessed the invaluable contribution of black sailors; he became an advocate of freedom and voting rights for African-Americans. He was as skilled in working with politicians and administrators as he was in naval matters; and shared a close working relationship with Abraham Lincoln. A handful of black-and-white diagrams illustrate this detailed and thoughtful study of an exceptional leader and true patriot.
