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  1. The Pump House Gang is a 1968 collection of essays and journalism by Tom Wolfe. The stories in the book explored various aspects of the counterculture of the 1960s.

    • Tom Wolfe
    • 1968
  2. “The Pump House Gang” follows a group of teenage surfers in La Jolla, California. Wolfe describes how these kids have set up their own lifestyle of surfing and hanging out-they’re a prime example of the subcultures he examines throughout the book.

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  3. Oct 25, 2022 · In pieces about Hugh Hefner, Natalie Wood, and a gang of affluent teenage surfers, among others, Wolfe discusses the 1960s phenomenon of retreating from conventional social hierarchies, which he calls “starting your own league.”

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    • Tom Wolfe
  4. Running throughout The Pump House Gang is the central theme of most of Tom Wolfes writing: Status. Much of the book deals with a surprising phenomenon in contemporary life: a determined retreat from conventional social hierarchies that Tom Wolfe calls “starting your own league.”

  5. Jul 15, 2022 · Introduction -- The pump house gang -- The mid-Atlantic man -- King of the status dropouts -- The put-together girl -- The noonday underground -- The mild ones -- The hair boys -- What if he is right?

  6. Apr 21, 1989 · It's the tragic account of a teenage couple (he 18, she 21) whose lives came to an abrupt halt at the pump house at Windansea beach. She a victim of "if I can't have her nobody will" and he the last thing that gun in his mouth saw.

    • Tom Wolfe
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  8. Oct 25, 2022 · Pump House Gang. Paperback – October 25, 2022. by Tom Wolfe (Author) 4.0 43 ratings. See all formats and editions. A sprawling collection of essays about the subcultures of the 1960s by Tom Wolfe, the revolutionary journalist and novelist.

    • Tom Wolfe
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