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Long a hub for literary bohemians, countercultural musicians, and readers interested in a good browse, Kepler's Books and Magazines is one of the most well-known independent bookstores in American history. When owner Roy Kepler opened the store in 1955 he changed the book industry forever as a pioneer in the "paperback revolution." The notion of selling texts in inexpensive paperbound volumes was revolutionary in the publishing trade and Kepler's focus on stocking these inexpensive books put him at the forefront of the ...

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    • Title: Radical Chapters by Michael Doyle
    • Publisher: Syracuse University Press
    • Print ISBN: 9780815610069, 0815610068
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Stephen R

Dec 31, 2020

A man, his bookstore, and Palo Alto in sixties

This is a well-crafted biography of a worthy subject -- Roy Kepler -- and his principled choices through World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. And it is at the same time a look at the bookstore he created in Palo Alto, and how it served as a cross-road for the cultural and political dissenters and inventors who lived in and around Stanford. The influence of the bookstore on Stewart Brand, Jerry Garcia, Steve Jobs and Wozniak, Joan Baez is traced with care by the author, Michael Doyle, who constructs a social history one person at a time. This makes the book a pleasure to read. For me, it was a ride in a time machine. I bought my first books at Kepler's, accompanied by my father. The book's depiction of the bookstore scene was true to my recollection. As a teen looking for trouble, I hung out at Kepler's and found plenty of it. Antiwar connections were easy to make, and I found my way to the Palo Alto Draft Resistance caravan that traveled the Central Valley the summer of 1966. I took a bite of the apple at Kepler's, and it was good.

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