John Leland, Author . Univ. of South Carolina $29.95 (235p) ISBN 978-1-57003-582-1
Leland writes, "[T]he wilderness is gone and the word native
nearly meaningless," and he has accumulated anecdotes on innumerable foreign plants and animals to make the point. Despite the sweeping statement, this is not an especially...
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John Leland, Author . Ecco $26.95 (405p) ISBN 978-0-06-052817-1
What is hip? Leland has researched contemporary answers to that question for Spin
, Details
and the New York Times
, and now probes deeper for a rigorous historical analysis that goes beyond the usual hot spots of the Lost Generation and the Harlem
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John Leland, Author . Viking $22.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-670-06325-3
Having immersed himself in Beat culture while writing Hip: A History
, Leland, a New York Times
reporter and former editor-in-chief of Details
, makes a convincing case that Jack Kerouac’s most famous novel has endured for half a century...
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John Leland. FSG/Crichton, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-16818-6
New York Times reporter Leland (Hip: The History) delves into the ramifications of an arresting statistic—that more people are living past age 85 than at any other time—by following six individuals from this quickly growing age group. The...
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John Leland, read by Robert Petkoff. Macmillan Audio, , unabridged, 6 CDs, 7 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4272-9332-9
Veteran voice actor Petkoff subtly captures the personalities of the six subjects in New York Times reporter Leland’s study of the lives of New Yorkers over the age of 85. Following each of his subjects over the course of a year, Leland counters...
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