Mania: The Story of Outraged and Outrageous Lives That Launched a Cultural Revolution

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By David M. Skover ’74

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Top Five Books) The culmination of eight years of research, Mania tells the fascinating story of post-war nonconformists including Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Skover and Collins explain how counterculture came to the forefront of American society. Skover is the Fredric C. Tausend Professor of Constitutional Law at Seattle University.

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