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Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream
by Folsom, Tom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 006220694X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062206947
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
It Books, 2013. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Larger sturdy book, black covers with shiny illustration of motorcycle at bottom front, white lettering very fine on spine, a scene from "Easy Rider" inside covers and adjacent end papers, 305 pages, some photos throughout. Remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. DJ heavy paper, a color photo in cowboy garb on front, spine and back, praise with red bar design background on back: Peter Biskind in New York Times, Douglas Brinkley and others. DJ has raised red title but two of the letter are rubbed by price-tag removal, leaving a light red stain at the bottom of Hopper's white shirt. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
A roaring ride through the life of the actor, artist, and iconoclast that was Dennis Hopper. Charting his untamed career and his Zelig-like appearance in every twist and turn of American popular culture from the 1950s to his death, this biography portrays the life of Dennis Hopper as a great American story, populated by some of the most illustrious and visible icons that define our national identity. While filming Rebel Without a Cause , Hopper befriended James Dean, finding in Dean the inspiration for his own rebellion. At thirty- one, Hopper wrote, directed, and starred in his first movie, the revolutionary Easy Rider. He marched with Martin Luther King from Selma to Montgomery; was arrested countless times for carrying firearms and for disorderly conduct in Taos; and met with Vladimir Putin, the current prime minister of Russia, to discuss modern art. A prolific photographer, painter, and sculptor, he was an early collector of pop art and, after purchasing one of Andy Warhol's first Campbell's soup can canvases for seventy-five dollars, Hopper went on to build one of the most eclectic contemporary art collections in the country. As an early champion of hip-hop, Hopper counted Ice-T as one of his close friends, and produced and directed in the seminal gang film Colors . From film to politics to art to music, Hopper carved out his own rules, moved to his own rhythm, and lived out his strange and strangely idealistic version of the American dream. Full of hundreds of first-person accounts from the wide array of people he knew and worked with, including Easy Rider costar Peter Fonda, Blue Velvet director David Lynch, and Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, this is an unconventional biography of a very unconventional life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55560
- Title
- Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream
- Author
- Folsom, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006220694X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062206947
- Publisher
- It Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Biography Actors Dennis Hopper
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film/Star;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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