Author: COLLINS, RONALD K. L. / SKOVER, DAVID M.
Title: The Trials of Lenny Bruce : The Fall and Rise of an American Icon
Description: Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks, 2002. First Printing. Hard Cover. 562 pages: 6.25 x 9.25 in.: 2.6: KB#006483: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. With unopened One-Hour CD, which includes Lenny Bruce's notorious routines and excepts from Lenny's never-before-released secret trail tapes; narrated by Nat Hentof. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Printing Number Line (LB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). "Lenny Bruce’s words had the power to provoke laughter and debate—as well as shock and outrage. It was the force of his voice that would place him on the wrong side of the law in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. The first carefully documented account of Lenny Bruce’s career and free speech struggles, The Trials of Lenny Bruce paints a vivid, shocking, hilarious and tragic portrait of a man too honest for his time. ". Fine in Fine Dust Jacket .

Keywords: Biography Speech Censorship Trials Political Science: : General Biography & Autobiography: : Political