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Abe Peck

The Life and Times of the Underground Press

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Books reviewed in this essay: Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press (Voices From the Underground), edited by Ken Wachsberger Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media In America, by John McMillian. On the Ground: An Illustrated Anecdotal History of the Sixties  Underground Press in the U.S., edited by…

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The Life and Times of the Underground Press — Part 2: Art and Design

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Books reviewed: Power to the People: The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974, edited by Geoff Kaplan. Full Circle: The Life & Works of Karl-Heinz Meschbach, written by Karen Black.   BUSTED! It was late 1968, after the protests and repression around the Democratic Convention. KOed by asthma,…

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