The Beats: A Very Short Introduction

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Sterritt, David.

The Beats : a very short introduction / David Sterritt.
pages cm.—(Very Short Introductions)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-979677-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1. Beat generation. I. Title.
PS228.B6S7547 2013 813′ .54—dc23 2012045389

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