Blood Orchid : : An Unnatural History of America / / Charles Bowden.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Bowden, Charles,
• MitwirkendeR: Langewiesche, William,
• TeilnehmendeR: Langewiesche, William.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; How It Came to Pass --; A Walk in the Garden --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 1 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 2 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 3 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 4 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 5 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 6 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids 7 --; Notes on the Sexual Life of Orchids. Exit Interview --; Trail Guides --; Past-Due Bills --; About the Author --; About the Author of the Foreword
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781477316856; 9783110745306
• DOI: 10.7560/316849
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles Bowden.

Through stark observations and visceral experiences, Blood Orchid begins Charles Bowden’s dizzying excavation of the brutal, systemic violence and corruption at the roots of American society. Like a nightmarish fever dream that turns out to be our own reality, Bowden visits dying friends in skid row apartments in Los Angeles, traverses San Francisco byways lined with clubs and joints, and roams through village bars and streets in the Sierra Madre mountains. In these wanderings resides a yearning for the understanding of past and present sins, the human penchant for warfare, abuse, and oppression, and the true war between humanity, the industrialized world, and the immense tolls of our shared land. Deeply personal, hauntingly prophetic, and bracingly sharp, the start to Bowden’s harrowed quest to unearth our ugly truths remains strikingly poignant today.