The Tribes Of Burning Man How An Experimental City In The Desert Is Shaping The New American Counterculture

the long version

"The essential history goes like this: After a few years of this weird little summer solstice beach party called Burning Man, the San Francisco police cracked down, so its stagers and supporters moved the event out to the Black Rock Desert in rural Nevada, a desiccated ancient lakebed now affectionately known as The Playa. And there, it grew and grew, every year, eventually morphing from scattershot frontier filled with freedom-loving freaks into a dynamic city of about 50,000 colorful souls - Black Rock City - that burns brightly for a week in late August and then disappears into dust after Labor Day." -- from publisher.