First edition of A Confederate General from Big Sur by Richard Brautigan.(1970)

First impression

In near fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket has been price clipped, there is some wear to extremities and some sunning to spine, please see pics, jacket now in removable protective sleeve, any questions please get in touch.

About

Written when Brautigan was 29 years old, A Confederate General from Big Sur follows the story of Lee Mellon, a man who believes himself to be a descendant of a Confederate general and seeks the truth of his own modern-day war against the status quo of the modern United States in light of the Confederacy's past struggle with the Union.

The inspiration for setting the novel in Big Sur was part reality, and part response to both Henry Miller's memoirBig Sur (1957) and the forthcoming novel by Jack Kerouac,Big Sur, to be published in August 1962.