my book focuses on kind of the whole of americanbohemia , and i go back and talk about early progenitors and talk about figures like edgar allen poe and walt whitman. >> i talk about members of the liberal left and the early 20th century,john reed , his client. i talk about the hipsters. >> and then i practice on feet. >> again, figures of the cast of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac who are two of the sensors of biographical in this book. and then i go on and talk about some timothy., can casey and a whole array of characters who of course through the decade of the 1960s. when we think of the counterculture of the 1960s, we think of the hippies, we think of literally millions of participants. >> in one capacity or another. and they were individuals who were disenchanted with matters as they were in some facet. they were concerned about a stain on the american body republic, the continuance. they were deeply concerned about thewar in vietnam , but those are sort of the twin pillars in a manner of speaking. but they were also concerned about elemental issues. they were concerned about fami

my book focuses on kind of the whole of americanbohemia , and i go back and talk about early progenitors and talk about figures like edgar allen poe and walt whitman. >> i talk about members of the liberal left and the early 20th century,john reed , his client. i talk about