{"product_id":"9780684869964","title":"Republic of Dreams : Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRepublic of Dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ross Wetzsteon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly woven history of Greenwich Village's Golden Age and of the artists, rebels, and eccentrics who make the Village a cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Wetzsteon presents a vibrant portrait of the Village through the remarkable and often interrelated stories of its legendary residents, including Eugene O'Neill; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Dawn Powell; the fiery and passionate anarchist Emma Goldman; the pioneering advocate of birth control, Margaret Sanger; and the group of Abstract Expressionists including Jackson Pollock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e A sweeping yet intimate history of America's most famous neighborhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Wetzsteon...incisively dissects the contradictions and conflicts...inherent in Village life. But he also evokes its energy and its sense of immense possibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Anyone who cares about American culture should read \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e Wetzsteon's rich, amusing, inspired history is pure Technicolor...and gives the 21st century reader an unparalleled introduction to America's first true bohemia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e A deeply researched and beautifully wrought feast of information and poetics...a sort of Plutarch's Lives of...the obsessed pilgrims who founded the \u003ci\u003eRepublic of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684869964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40590448361678,"sku":"9780684869964","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_bfb55788-c4d5-4ba4-a1d7-0a492c8d8237.jpg?v=1637737542","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684869964","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}