{"product_id":"hopper-a-savage-american-journey-isbn-9780062206954","title":"Hopper: A Savage American Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs unconventional a biography as Dennis Hopper was a man, Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom charts his roller coaster life and career through the lens of the landscape of American popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chopper-riding hippie outlaw in Easy Rider. The prophetic madman in the jungle in Apocalypse Now. The terrifying psychopath in Blue Velvet. The kid gone wrong in Rebel Without a Cause. The actor taken under the wing of James Dean, a friendship that set Dennis Hopper on his path to becoming a star. A quintessentially American dreamer longing to be the next Orson Welles. The hell-raising director who revolutionized Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Hopper’s extraordinary journey takes him to superhero highs and plummeting lows. Capturing the magic and the madness of his American Dream, Hopper is a wild ride through Dennis’s many lives. Written in a rebel spirit, complemented with iconic photographs, and packed with insights from his fellow actors, artists, and friends, Hopper tells the story of a half-century of rebellion waged at the edge of pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of how a Kansas farm boy became Hollywood’s most dangerous man—and then a legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames Dean’s Protégé:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the intense, career-shaping friendship between two of Hollywood’s most iconic rebels, and the acting secrets Dean shared with a young Hopper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew Hollywood Auteur:\u003c\/b\u003e Go behind the scenes of the chaotic, revolutionary making of \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, the film that blew up the studio system and defined a generation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePop Art Insider:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore Hopper’s deep connections to the art world, from championing Andy Warhol’s soup cans to building a legendary, multi-million-dollar collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ultimate Hollywood Comeback:\u003c\/b\u003e Chart Hopper’s path from the notorious failure of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Movie\u003c\/i\u003e and his exile in Taos to his triumphant, terrifying return in \u003ci\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHoosiers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEasy Rider. Apocalypse Now. Blue Velvet. Rebel Without a Cause. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unflinching adventure through American pop culture, \u003cem\u003eHopper\u003c\/em\u003e is a wild ride amid the many lives of Hollywood outlaw Dennis Hopper—mentored by James Dean, a collaborator with Andy Warhol, a confidant of Elvis Presley, a favorite of Charles Manson. \u003cem\u003eHopper\u003c\/em\u003e races full speed ahead to the decadent heights of fame as the visionary director of \u003cem\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/em\u003e crashes and burns in drug-addled madness in the desert . . . only to reemerge in one of the greatest Hollywood comebacks of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Fortunately for him, Dennis Hopper has gotten the biographer he deserves. Which is to say, Folsom’s gonzo prose pulsates with Hopper’s manic energy and fits his madness like a glove.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Biskind, New York Times bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tom Folsom’s \u003ci\u003eHopper\u003c\/i\u003e is an electric and rollicking, tour de force profile of Hollywood’s great outlaw chameleon. All the wild-eyed stories and high-octane pathos in these pages make me miss the edgy, ‘grand artiste’ Hopper anew. A knockout book!” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dennis did a lot for motorcycling with his movie \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e. Folsom has written a book that shows Dennis’s life like it was: crazy but brilliant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph “Sonny” Barger, author of the New York Times bestseller Hell's Angel and former head of the Oakland chapter of the Hell's Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Essential reading for anyone interested in Dennis Hopper, the explosive sixties, Hollywood, American cinema, and the art of the twentieth century. But watch out—this visceral book puts you right in it, and some of it is jaw-dropping.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilippe Mora, director of Mad Dog Morgan, starring Dennis Hopper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What a terrific book about Dennis Hopper—he would have loved it and hated it. Beautifully written, stunningly accurate, Hopper captures all the wonderful and terrifying contradictions of the sweet, sad, funny, angry, and loving man that was Dennis.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Jaglom, actor, playwright, and director of Tracks, starring Dennis Hopper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dennis Hopper was unlike any human I’ve ever met: consumed with passion for his subject, aesthetically brave, yet possessing a gentle heart. Though I would have said it couldn’t be done, Tom Folsom has captured the real Dennis.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Black, actress and Dennis Hopper's costar in Easy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Folsom plays the part of [Hopper’s] spiritual medium, taking us through each chapter of the Kansas-born, James Dean-worshipping, psychedelic psychotic’s life, describing exactly what was going through the mind of the semi-tragic American almost-hero at each juncture.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Folsom does an admirable job capturing Hopper’s manic and spirited personality in prose.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hip…frank…a rich portrayal of an unconventional, free-wheeling thinker whose checkered experiences shock and beguile on the page.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Folsom has neatly framed actor Dennis Hopper.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Folsom carries the reader on a caffeine-and-other-substance-fueled ride.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Guns, motorcycles, mug shots, drugs, paintings, madness. Even by Hollywood standards, Dennis Hopper led an extraordinary life…Tom Folsom structures Hopper, his book about the man, in a time-bending, sensational style reminiscent of Hopper’s most out-there projects.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tom Folsom tears through the life of Dennis Hopper in Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rollicking.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888128717029,"sku":"NP9780062206954","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062206954.jpg?v=1730228212","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hopper-a-savage-american-journey-isbn-9780062206954","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}