A raucous eruption of language and a showcase for the best essayists of our time, "The Outlaw Bible of American Essays" chronicles American history and measures the boundlessness of dissident thought.

A raucous eruption of language and a showcase for the best essayists of our time, "The Outlaw Bible of American Essays" chronicles American history and measures the boundlessness of dissident thought.

Like its highly acclaimed companions, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and The Outlaw Bible of American Literature, this edition is a prime for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in American lives and letters. A raucous eruption of language and a showcase for the best essayists of our time, The Outlaw Bible of American Essays chronicles American history and measures the boundlessness of dissident thought.