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Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem is a collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s. It was published on May 10, 1968, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It takes its title from the poem "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats. The full poem was an epigraph to the book while only the last six lines from the…

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Author
Joan Didion
Cover artist
Lawrence Ratzkin
Pages
238
Published
May 10, 1968 (1968-05-10) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

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related to I. Life Styles in the Golden Land · 23
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → Appeared, California Dreaming, Comrade Laski, Golden Dream, How Can, John Wayne, Just Folks, Kissing Never Stops, Left, Los Angeles, Love Song, Magazine, Marrying Absurd, Non-Violence, Romaine, School, September, Some Dreamers, Tell Them There's Nothing, The Howard Hughes Underground
related to Collection's origins · 10
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → According, At, Hawaii, In, Joan Didion, Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, This, Vogue
related to Title essay · 9
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → Didion, Didion's, Haight-Ashbury, It, Joan Didion, Post, San Francisco, The, The Saturday Evening Post
related to Reception · 7
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → Dan Wakefield, Didion's, In The New York, Now, The, Times Book Review, Truman Capote
Author · 1
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → Joan Didion
Cover artist · 1
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → Lawrence Ratzkin
OCLC · 1
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → 22634186
Pages · 1
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → 238
Published · 1
Slouching Towards Bethlehem → May 10, 1968 (1968-05-10) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem → collection of essays by Joan Didion that mainly describes her experiences in California during the 1960s

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first appeared post saturday evening title 1967 slouching towards bethlehem didion book essay joan published collection didion's new country 1966

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Slouching Towards BethlehemPages2381.00infobox
Slouching Towards BethlehemPublishedMay 10, 1968 (1968-05-10) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)1.00infobox
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Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsAccording0.60section
Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsNathan Heller0.60section
Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsThe New Yorker0.60section
Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsIn0.60section
Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsJoan Didion0.60section
Slouching Towards Bethlehemrelated to Collection's originsThe Saturday Evening Post0.60section

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