[Mb-hair] A Question...

[Michael Butler]

Not to my knowledge.
You might Google
The best book of the period that I know of is "1968" by Charles Kaiser.
It is of the national scene not just about the Village.
Michael

> 
> This came up, last night, amongst a few friends, and we really didn't
> have the answer!
> 
> Are there any books, or novels, that you would recommend, for giving a
> good history, and/or feel, for the Greenwich Village of the mid/late
> '60s?
> 
> (Bob Dylan's recent memoir has an interesting look at the time a bit
> before then....)
> 
> Also, has there ever been a decent take on the hippie scene of the
> mid/late '60s, on the East Coast?
> 
> (There's a couple of good books on the "Summer of Love" in 1967, but
> they center on San Francisco...)
> 
> And, just an interesting note I'm reminded of, with my mentioning
> Dylan...  A tourist I reently ran into wanted to check out the Cafe Wha,
> at Minetta Lane, one of the birthplaces of the folk movement, in
> America. I had to advise her...  As many of you probably know, what's
> called the Cafe Wha, now, isn't. Wha not? The original Cafe Wha is
> actually the restaurant next door, with a comedy club, in the basement!
> (I'm blanking on the name, but it's the neat place that has the chalk
> boards on the table, that you can draw on--and good burgers!)  (And, for
> whatever strange reasons this all happened, what's calling itself Cafe
> Wha, is also a comedy club!)
> 
> Best, Jim
> 
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