{"product_id":"my-vita-if-you-will-the-uncollected-ed-mcclanahan-paperback","title":"My Vita, If You Will: The Uncollected Ed McClanahan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd McClanahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you don't know Ed McClanahan, this \"anthology of his essays, reviews, short stories, and novel excerpts (from early drafts) ought to do the trick\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighlighting the collection is \"Grateful Dead I Have Known,\" a long prize-winning meditation about Jerry Garcia and the fanatical devotion of his fans. Also collected here for the first time are McClanahans's earliest short stories, along with book reviews, lost chapters of \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and a substantial afterword to \u003ci\u003eFamous People I Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e. His recollections of famous friends and fellow travelers form an integral part of this book. He joins his buddy Ken Kesey in a bus-journey reunion with other gray-haired Merry Pranksters, and he pokes fun at his own graduate-school flamboyance in a touching remembrance of his mentor Wallace Stegner.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd McClanahan\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of northeastern Kentucky, is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFamous People I Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, two Yaddo fellowships, and an Al Smith Fellowship. He has taught at Oregon State University, Stanford, the University of Kentucky, the University of Montana, and Northern Kentucky University. He lives in Kentucky with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.96 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760166437152,"sku":"9781887178778","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0c151a400e76f78ea18afe846501fee.webp?v=1780173368","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-vita-if-you-will-the-uncollected-ed-mcclanahan-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}