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THE MODERN UTOPIAN: COMMUNES, U.S.A. Special 3-in-1 Issue, Vol. 5, #1, 2 & 3 (SF: Alternatives Foundation, 1971).
Ed. Dick Fairfield. 4to. 186pp. Illustrated throughout.
The first version of Fairfield's extended tour of nearly forty American communes, subsequently published in a revised edition by Penguin Books (item #109). This original edition includes his report from Millbrook ("my first direct experience with a genuine hippie-psychedelic commune"), not included in the Penguin book, and numerous photographs, some full-page, several of which did not appear in the paperback.
The eight sections (which differ from the Penguin edition) include New Age Religious Communes (Lama Foundation, including an interview with Steve Durkee, formerly of USCO; Messiah's World Crusade [see item #39]; and six more); Ideological Communes (Nevada Coop Colony and three more); Group Marriage Communes (The Family, Harrad West, and two more); Hip-Psychedelic Communes (Drop City, Hog Farm, Libre, and five more); and Miscellaneous Communes (Synanon, Greenfeel, and five more). Also includes three bibliographies, including one devoted to the Oneida Community and another to Group Marriage.
Wrappers lightly rubbed, with a little superficial creasing; faint stain to lower edges; o/w Very Good plus.
