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Boyle & Merritt's "The Urban Adventurers" (1972)

New York City: McGraw Hill Book Company (book, anthology), 1972. 10" x 7" x 0.5", 260 pages, softcover. The Urban Adventurers , an anthology edited by Thomas Boyle and James Merritt, as published in softcover by McGraw Hill (New York City) in 1972.  William S. Burroughs contributes an excerpt from Naked Lunch , pp. 156-162. This copy was acquired from Jeff Hirsch Books (Wadsworth, Illinois, US). Not in Maynard & Miles. Shoaf II.90. Not in Schottlaender. Contents: Thomas Boyle & James Merritt: Preface Thomas Boyle & James Merritt: Introduction "Part One: Out on the Street": Nancy Willard: "The Graffiti Poet" (poetry) Thomas Boyle: photography John Lennon and Paul McCartney: "She's Leaving Home" (lyrics) Memphis Curtis: "It Should've Been Me" (lyrics) Thomas Boyle & James Merritt: "History of the Gay Liberation Movement" Yippee!: "Fuck the System" (essay) Rat: "Street-Fighting Woman...

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