Author: (Porter, Bern). Schevill, James.
Title: Where to Go : What to Do : When You Are Bern Porter: A Personal Biography.
Description: Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, Publishers, (1992). (1992). - Octavo, 9-3/8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Black boards backed with a silver cloth spine, titled in black on the spine, in a pictorial silver dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with light creasing along the top edge and a short tear at the top of the rear fold's flap. [x], 339 & [1] pages, with textual illustrations throughout. Very good.

First edition.

A scientist with the Manhattan Project and the Saturn moon rocket project, Bern Porter turned away from military applications of science after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Turning to the arts, he published poets such as Robert Duncan, Kenneth Patchen and Henry Miller and opened a gallery where he exhibited abstract and surreal art and hosted performance art events. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; ART; SCIENCE; BIOGRAPHY; BERN PORTER; JAMES SCHEVILL; WHERE TO GO : WHAT TO DO : WHEN YOU ARE BERN PORTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ABSTRACT; SURREAL ART; PERFORMANCE ART; PUBLISHER.

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