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Rare edition of this map that was reprinted at least eight times (according to OCLC). Printed map on sheet measuring 18 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (68 x 117 mm.). Relief shown by spot heights. Panel title on verso: ?Portion of the Grove showing principal roads, trails and club structures with a list of the camps and camp members and key to camp locations.? Includes keyed guide to roads and trails. Some very mild aging but a very good copy of this scarce first edition. No copies located by OCLC (although the Bancroft lists a run of this from the 30s to the 50s but gives no specifics). This is likely the second edition (it is marked "revised") but there is no way to tell as OCLC records neither this edition or the one from which it was revised. The oldest edition recorded by OCLC is 1938.The Bohemian Grove is a 2,700-acre virgin redwood grove in Northern California, 75 miles north of San Francisco, where the rich, the powerful, and their entourage visit with each other during the last two weeks of July while camping out in cabins and tents. It is owned by the Bohemian Club, which was founded in San Francisco in 1872. The Bohemians started their two-week retreats shortly after the club was founded. It was already famous by the 1880s and it continues its traditions until today. It is the subject of endless speculation but according to Prof. William G. Domhoff, formerly a faculty member at UC Santa Cruz ?It is not a place of power. It's a place where the powerful relax, enjoy each other's company, and get to know some of the artists, entertainers, and professors who are included to give the occasion a thin veneer of cultural and intellectual pretension. Despite the suspicions of many on the Right, and a few on the Left, it is not a secret meeting place to plot, plan, or conspire.? Most people are no longer are aware of the fact that early San Francisco and its satellite, Monterey, were considered Bohemian cities by the old money families in the East. In essence, being bohemian meant not embracing the manners and mores of the ruling class. San Francisco welcomed the term and when their first exclusive club was formed 23 years after the Gold rush it was only natural that they should call it the Bohemian Club. In point of fact, the Bohemian Club was founded in the early spring of 1872 by a small group of San Francisco journalists, writers, actors, and lawyers who wanted to have a place where they could go to enjoy the arts and put together amateur artistic performances. A majority of its founding members were writers and journalists. The Club?s embrace of culture was not a latter characteristic of the Club but was its very heart. Their motto was "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here? meaning outside concerns and business deals are to be left outside.But this ideal soon gave way to the need for money to maintain the Club and it gradually became what it is today; a haven for the wealthy. It is true that many members are in positions of great power but the Club has always prided itself on being a sanctuary for the artists of the times. They were not there as Domhoff claims, to bestow upon the Club a veneer of art and culture. The Bohemian Club would likely have faded into history had they not been so accepting of artists of all ilk. To name just a few of the artist who proudly claimed membership: Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, Jack London, Frank Norris, Maynard Dixon, John Singer Sargent, William Keith, Will Irwin, George Sterling, Xavier Martinez, etc. Mark Twain and Brett Harte were both honorary members. Codice articolo 75967
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