false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173056827m/242514.jpg 242514 5 If all American literature comes from <I>Huckleberry Finn</I>, all American surf culture comes from <I>Gidget</I>, the ostensible diary of Kathy Kohner, a teensy, gutsy teenage girl who crashed the all-male scene at Malibu Beach north of L.A. in 1957 and earned, from Moondoggie and others, the nickname Gidget, which meant "Girl Midget." Her father, the German immigrant screenwriter Frederick Kohner, fascinated by the beach-shack counterculture, interviewed his perky daughter at length, eavesdropped with permission on her phone calls, fictionalized her adventures, and batted out this influential bestseller. He nailed a tiny subculture's new form of speech ("If you want to know what goes on in Loveville ... Dig Number One: being gone on a boy is more important than having a boy gone on you.") and made it a pop-culture staple. Newly reissued with the real Gidget's picture on the cover (as on the original hardback), the book is very slim (appropriately enough) and historically beguiling. You'll like her--you'll really like her! <I>--Tim Appelo</I> 234940 1958 Gidget (Gidget series, #1) total:63|5:14|4:22|3:20|2:6|1:1| 63 231 94 11 5 1 false false Fri Aug 03 14:27:29 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 14:50:30 -0700 2007
It is actually based on the real-life experiences of the author's daughter. She was a real sur...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:33:52 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:44:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:35:53 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 09:08:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1970 Sun Jul 12 00:34:54 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 00:36:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Feb 18 12:49:59 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 12:50:45 -0800 2008 It was a quick read and kind of fluffy. But it is an insight into the culture of surf...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 28 21:32:11 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 21:41:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 25 06:01:18 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 17:42:04 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:01:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 23 07:59:43 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 08:01:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 02 20:33:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 20:35:53 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Mar 04 17:07:20 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 15 14:38:06 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Aug 21 00:58:13 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 00:58:58 -0700 2008
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