This is a rather unusual old book about California. The book was published in 1968 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. The book measures 5 ¾ inches by 8 ½ inches and contains 382 pages. The dust jacket shows minor signs of wear. The corners of the front flap are clipped. The dust jacket is now in a protective covering. The condition of the dust jacket is good plus. The black cloth cover of the book has a gilt crest on the front and the title down the spine in gilt. The cover shows no signs of wear to speak of. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of the book itself is very good.

Excerpt – Dust Jacket:
At 3:13 on a Friday afternoon in 1969, California was shaken by the greatest earthquake in history. Less than two hours later, all of the Golden State west of the San Andreas Fault-including most of the San Francisco Peninsula, all of Los Angeles. And more than 15 million people-slid into the Pacific Ocean, thus fulfilling a prediction made years ago by the mystic Edgar Cayce.

So begins Curt Gentry’s affectionate “farewell” to America’s No. 1 state – the bizarre cults and their paramilitary bedpartners; strange creatures known as Orange Countyans and the legendary Dick Tuck; Carol Doda, siliconed queen of the topless; the bewildering politics of Ronald Regan and pat Brown; Hell’s Angels and the hippies; Berkeley, Watts – in short, all the elements that makes up the California Phenomenon.

The tantalizing question posed by Curt Gentry: Is such “destruction” inevitable? Is the Golden Dream of the Golden state – whose magic has lured millions, which is the prime exponent of the go-o-od life in manners, mores, and anything new (everything new seems to be tried out in California first) – inevitably doomed like Pompeii? How influential is California on the rest of the nation, the world?

The startling answers can be found in The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California, a book as remarkable, informative, and rambunctiously unbelievable as the fabulous state it depicts.
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