{"title":"John Taylor Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Taylor Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts compelling narratives that delve into the intricate tapestry of history and military affairs. His works, including titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Shores of Bohemia\u003c\/em\u003e, offer readers a thoughtful blend of detailed research and evocative storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of historical and military literature will find in Williams' writing a rich exploration of past conflicts and their wider cultural impacts, presented with clarity and depth. His books invite reflection on the forces that have shaped history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-shores-of-bohemia-by-john-taylor-williams-9781250867162","title":"The Shores of Bohemia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir names are iconic: Eugene O'Neill, Willem de Kooning, Josef and Anni Albers, Emma Goldman, Mary McCarthy, Edward Hopper, Walter Gropius—the list goes on and on. Scorning the devastation that industrialisation had wrought on the nation's workforce and culture in the early decades of the twentieth century, they gathered in the streets of Greenwich Village and on the beachfronts of Cape Cod.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey began as progressives but soon turned to socialism, then communism. They founded theatres, periodicals, and art schools. They formed editorial boards that met in beach shacks and performed radical new plays in a shanty on the docks, where they could see the ocean through cracks in the floor. They welcomed the tremendous wave of talent fleeing Europe in the 1930s. At the end of their era, in the 1960s, as the postwar economy boomed, they took shelter in liberalism when the anticapitalist movement fragmented into other causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Taylor \"Ike\" Williams, who married into the Cape's artistic world and has spent half a century talking about and walking along its shores with these cultural and political luminaries, renders the twisting lives and careers of a generation of staggering American thinkers and creators. \u003cem\u003eThe Shores of Bohemia\u003c\/em\u003e records a great set of shifts in American culture and the ideas and arguments fueled by drink, infidelity, and competition that made for a fifty-year conversation among intellectual leaders and creative revolutionaries. Together they found a community as they created some of the great works of the American Century. This is their story. Welcome to the party!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244685570284,"sku":"9781250867162","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250867162-the-shores-of-bohemia-1.jpg?v=1788010004"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/john-taylor-williams.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}