{"product_id":"bop-apocalypse-jazz-race-the-beats-and-drugs-9780306824753","title":"Bop Apocalypse: Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe gripping story of the rise of early drug culture in America, from the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCan't Find My Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an intricate storyline that unites engaging characters and themes and reads like a novel, \u003ci\u003eBop Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new and revolutionary segment of the American social fabric. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing upon his rich decades of writing experience, master storyteller Martin Torgoff connects the birth of jazz in New Orleans, the first drug laws, Louis Armstrong, Mezz Mezzrow, Harry Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, swing, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, the Savoy Ballroom, \u003ci\u003eReefer Madness\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlie Parker, the birth of bebop, the rise of the Beat Generation, and the coming of heroin to Harlem. Aficionados of jazz, the Beats, counterculture, and drug history will all find much to enjoy here, with a cast of characters that includes vivid and memorable depictions of Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jackie McLean, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Borroughs, Jack Kerouac, Herbert Huncke, Terry Southern, and countless others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBop Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e is also a living history that teaches us much about the conflicts and questions surrounding drugs today, casting many contemporary issues in a new light by connecting them back to the events of this transformative era. At a time when marijuana legalization is rapidly becoming a reality, it takes us back to the advent of marijuana prohibition, when the templates of modern drug law, policy, and culture were first established, along with the concomitant racial stereotypes. As a new opioid epidemic sweeps through white working- and middle-class communities, it brings us back to when heroin first arrived on the streets of Harlem in the 1940s. And as we debate and grapple with the gross racial disparities of mass incarceration, it puts into sharp and provocative focus the racism at the very roots of our drug war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Having spent a lifetime at the nexus of drugs and music, Torgoff reveals material never before disclosed and offers new insights, crafting and contextualizing \u003ci\u003eBop Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e into a truly novel contribution to our understanding of jazz, race, literature, drug culture, and American social and cultural history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Torgoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306824753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Torgoff\u003c\/b\u003e has been at the forefront of major media trends and cultural currents for more than thirty years, documenting and telling the story of America through the evolution of its popular culture as an award-winning journalist, award-winning and bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy-nominated television writer, director, and producer. His book \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fool: The Roots and Improbable Rise of John \"Cougar\" Mellencamp\u003c\/i\u003e was the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor Award. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCan't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000\u003c\/i\u003e. Today Torgoff applies his understanding of American pop culture to projects that include articles, books, film, television, lectures, multimedia events, and advertising\/promotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939188441203,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_c5f3b192-b31c-49bb-b21a-69ac5c4cf4b5.jpg?v=1758877543","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bop-apocalypse-jazz-race-the-beats-and-drugs-9780306824753","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}