THE ALTERNATIVE: COMMUNAL LIFE IN NEW AMERICA

New York, Toronto and London: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York, Toronto and London: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First edition, first printing. 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. 191. Black photographic paper dust jacket with white lettering. Black cloth with rust red type.

Ex-library copy. Dust jacket has edge wear, some creasing. Bottom portion of spine on dj has been clipped - where library call number sticker was. Boards have edge wear, light fading at upper edges. Tape outlines on inner flaps of dust jacket and inside front and back cover. Some library markings. Page 3/4 has a piece cut out from the top - no text is affected - and a pattern cut out in lower middle portion of the page - text is affected on lower first column in the preface (see photo). Otherwise interior contents are clean, unmarked. Binding tight.

"...a sensitive and astute penetration in depth into the new commune culture of the 1970s, from its roots among the young dropouts in Haight-Ashbury to its current outcroppings in the form of half-hidden youth communities throught the American countryside.

THE ALTERNATIVE is an exploration into a thriving netherworld of revolution-minded persons who are turning tribal en masse and reverting to 'primative' conditions of survival as part of their serious search for the most viable shape that human life must take in days to come." - from the back panel of the dust jacket. William Hedgepeth was a senior editor of LOOK Magazine. His article "Inside the Hippie Nation" was one of the first to provide a "compassionate look into the original youth culture of Haight-Ashbury." Dennis Stock was an American photojournalist and documentary photographer known for his portraits of jazz musicians and iconic portraits of Hollywood stars, including James Dean.