Richard Brautigan (January 30, 1935 - 1984) was an American writer. He is best known for the works he produced while living in San Francisco in 1960s.

Books:

Fiction:

• Trout Fishing in America, 1967
• A Confederate General From Big Sur, 1964
• In Watermelon Sugar, 1968
• The Abortion: An Historical Romance, 1971
• The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western, 1974
• Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery, 1975
• Sombrero Fallout: A Japanese Novel, 1976
• Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942, 1977
• The Tokyo-Montana Express, 1980
• So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away, 1982
• Revenge of the Lawn, 1971

Poetry:

• The Galilee Hitch-Hicker
• Lay the Marble Tea
• The Octopus Frontier
• All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
• Please Plant This Book
• The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, 1968
• Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt, 1970
• Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork, 1971
• June 30th,June 30th
• The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings, 1999

External Links

• The most comprehensive website available focusing on the life and work of Richard Brautigan. (http://www.eaze.net/~jfbarber/brautigan/)
• A biographic website dedicated to Richard Brautigan. (http://www.riza.com/richard/index.shtml)