Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America
- ISBN-10
- 0199376468
- ISBN-13
- 9780199376469
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- John McMillian
Description
Originally published in hardcover in 2011.
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