{"product_id":"the-pump-house-gang-9781250891334","title":"The Pump House Gang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sprawling collection of essays about the subcultures of the 1960s by Tom Wolfe, the revolutionary journalist and novelist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tom Wolfe smashed his way into the literary scene in 1965 with \u003ci\u003eThe Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, he transformed reporting in American popular culture. For his second book, Wolfe traveled from La Jolla to London in search of new lifestyles. \u003ci\u003eThe Pump House Gang \u003c\/i\u003eis the result: a collection of essays that chronicles life at the end of the 1960s, written with all the panache and perceptiveness that made Wolfe one of our greatest American journalists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning throughout \u003ci\u003eThe Pump House Gang\u003c\/i\u003e is a central theme of Wolfe's writing: status. He discusses the 1960s phenomenon of retreating from conventional social hierarchies, which Wolfe calls \"starting your own league.\" Surfers, motorcyclists, lumpen-dandies, and stay-at-homes--everybody's doing it. Except for die-hards in the crumbling old social worlds of New York and London, where the confusion is so great that nobody can tell whether this is really the path to the top they've taken or just the service elevator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDazzlingly brilliant as a stylist, daringly provocative as a commentator, and always entertaining, in \u003ci\u003eThe Pump House Gang, \u003c\/i\u003eWolfe is thoroughly, completely himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250891334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Tom Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42353103143093,"sku":"9781250891334","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e492b42b-928c-493c-94b3-c7d65bcf321d.jpg?v=1661843645","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pump-house-gang-9781250891334","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}