New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - When Ben Stein arrived in Los Angeles in 1976, he had shaken off 30 years of doing the right thing - this book is 'the actual diary of the year of bizarre adventures in which he shed his caterpillar self to emerge as the winged and winging creature he was meant to be' - a year of wheeler-dealers, golden girls, the coke and the crazies - the wonder of LA. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0140712.
New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - When Ben Stein arrived in Los Angeles in 1976, he had shaken off 30 years of doing the right thing - this book is 't h e a c t u a l d i a r y o f t h e y e a r o f b i z a r r e a d v e n t u r e s i n w h i c h h e s h e d h i s c a t e r p i l l a r s e l f t o e m e r g e a s t h e w i n g e d a n d w i n g i n g c r e a t u r e h e w a s m e a n t t o b e' - a year of wheeler-dealers, golden girls, the coke and the crazies - the wonder of LA. 212 pp. ISBN: 0 - 0 6 - 0 1 4 0 7 1 2.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
New York: Pantheon, (1976). First edition - When the beach at Bolinas (referred to as Briones in this book) was hit by a huge and damaging oil spill, followed by a plan from the local Public Utilities District to create a massive and expensive sewer system, the residents of the town rallied and took control. Bolinas,just north of San Franciso in Marin County, is still known for its quirkiness and its reclusiveness - and also for being incredibly expensive. "Bolinas has so far staved off homogenization through town meetings and a nucleus of concerned citizenry. Schell's chatty, generally good humored diary of one year in a four year fight to limit growth on this incomparable little peninsula is as…
New York: Pantheon, (1976). First edition - When the beach at Bolinas (referred to as Briones in this book) was hit by a huge and damaging oil spill, followed by a plan from the local Public Utilities District to create a massive and expensive sewer system, the residents of the town rallied and took control. Bolinas,just north of San Franciso in Marin County, is still known for its quirkiness and its reclusiveness - and also for being incredibly expensive. "Bolinas has so far staved off homogenization through town meetings and a nucleus of concerned citizenry. Schell's chatty, generally good humored diary of one year in a four year fight to limit growth on this incomparable little peninsula is as direct as a letter home." (Edward Hoagland, NY Times). Illustrated with photographs by Ilka Hartmann (both Schell and Hartmann lived in Bolinas, so they knew the town and its people well) Slightly oversized oblong format. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-394731697.
DREEMZ.
THE TOWN THAT FOUGHT TO SAVE ITSELF.
