Gidget
If all American literature comes from Huckleberry Finn, all American surf culture comes from Gidget, the ostensible diary of Kathy Kohner, a teensy, gutsy teenage girl who crashed the all-male scene at Malibu Beach north of L. A. in 1957 and earned, from Moondoggie and others, the nickname Gidget, which meant "Girl Midget. " Her father, the German immigrant screenwriter Frederick Kohner, fascinated by the beach-shack counterculture, interviewed his perky daughter at length, eavesdropped with permission on her phone calls, fictionalized her adventures, and batted out this influential bestseller. He nailed a tiny subculture's new form of speech ("If you want to know what goes on in Loveville . . . Dig Number One: being gone on a boy is more important than having a boy gone on you. ") and made it a pop-culture staple. Newly reissued with the real Gidget's picture on the cover (as on the original hardback), the book is very slim (appropriately enough) and historically beguiling. You'll like her--you'll really like her! --Tim Appelo Author(s): Frederick Kohner. Binding Paperback. Publisher(s): Berkley. Label: Berkley.
| Manufacturer: | Berkley Publishing Group |
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| Lowest Price (CAD): | $6.05 |
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| Author : | Frederick Kohner |
| Brand : | Berkley Publishing |
| Format : | Paperback |
| Title : | Title F-I |
