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Boys Will Be Boys: The Book That Captured a Generation in 1966



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Ron Zonen presented this book to Wade Robson during the 2005 trial. Wade Robson, who is asked to flip through the book and study its contents, confirms that the book was full of nude images of young boys, with some purely focusing on the boys genitalia.


When six boys were stranded on a remote Pacific island, no one got killed by a boulder and mankind's supposed inherent savagery didn't express itself, offering an alternative to the grim view of humanity in Lord of the Flies, William Golding's 1954 novel.


In Lord of the Flies, a group of young British boys are stranded on an island in the Pacific after surviving a plane crash. Their brief unity soon breaks down into factionalism and, eventually, murder. In the incident Bregman uncovered, six boys were stranded for more than a year on a small island south of Tonga, also in the Pacific. Bregman tracked one of the boys, Mano Totau, and the fishing fleet captain who saved them, Peter Warner, to Australia, where they recounted the original incident.


In his memoir, Ocean of Light, Warner described what they had accomplished on the island while stranded for 15 months. "The boys had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade and much determination," he wrote.


"While the boys of 'Ata have been consigned to obscurity, Golding's book is still widely read," Bregman writes. "It's time we told a different kind of story. The real Lord of the Flies is a tale of friendship and loyalty; one that illustrates how much stronger we are if we can lean on each other."


It's a message Golding himself might not have disputed, even if Lord of the Flies has become a central pillar in a negative outlook on human nature. In an audio recording available on YouTube, Golding introduces Lord of the Flies by describing it as more about the civilizations we've built than fundamental human nature, with the boys serving as "scaled-down society."


"If you, as it were, scale down human beings, scale down society, if you land with a group of little boys, they are more like scaled-down society than a group of little girls would be," Golding said, describing why he chose boy characters, whom he saw as more suitable as symbolic stand-ins to illustrate aspects of modern human civilization.


"I think I'm an optimist because I think in fact, ultimately, there is that nobility. There is Simon, who will go up the mountain even though he's killed for it. There is Ralph, who will go on trying to keep society together. There are people who will be loyal as long as they can. One's got to remember always about human beings is that they're like a truss in the ceiling. They're all right for the job they're used for, but anything will break given sufficient strain," Golding said in another interview, released by British publishing house Faber and Faber in 2019 to celebrate the book's 65th anniversary. "He can still be a noble creature, although he breaks."


There is time later in the book for the boys to have an actual scene of pure fun when the gang heads down to a recreation room to play pool and ping-pong. I always like it when they hang out and do fun things as a group.


For all the books and documentaries and articles that talk about Brian Wilson's reaction to Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper's, he never seems to mention Revolver. Maybe that's because Brian's main goal in late 1966 was topping his own Pet Sounds. While he was working on Pet Sounds, he had already begun work on what would become the band's next single, a mini-epic that would push pop music forward once again: "Good Vibrations." The highly ambitious, multi-part, heavily-layered song came together in the studio over a period of seven months -- an unheard-of amount of time to spend on one song in 1966. From the vivid imagery in the lyrics to the arrangements, it embraced psychedelia more directly than Pet Sounds. It made historic advances in using the studio as an instrument, it helped popularize the electro-theremin, and its unique song structure helped pave the way for the progressive pop genre. It was not only acknowledged by critics and fellow musicians as a major feat in pop music; it was successful too. Unlike anything on Pet Sounds, "Good Vibrations" hit No. 1. Brian proudly marketed it as the first single of The Beach Boys' upcoming album Smile, which he promised would top Pet Sounds. It'd be an entire album as ambitious as "Good Vibrations."


Gladys Knight had seen the show at the Apollo that evening and told Motown founder and owner Berry Gordy that he had to check the group out. However, Gordy would not meet The Jackson 5 until July 1968 when Bobby Taylor (a member of the group The Vancouvers), brought the boys to Hitsville in Detroit for an audition. After seeing the group perform, Gordy knew he had seen something very special and immediately signed the group to Motown.


Ed Sullivan had taken notice of The Jackson 5 when their debut single started climbing the charts and they appeared on the ABC variety show, Hollywood Palace. Always a supporter of Motown, Ed wanted to book the boys on his show. He and Gordy came to an agreement and The Jackson 5 was booked to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show December 14, 1969.


Until now, none of the boys had given a complete podcast interview of their ordeal. Here, 74-year-old Sione Filipe Totau, better known as Mano, describes his experience as a 19-year-old on the island of Ata. This article is a small extract from that interview, which appears on our latest episode of Extremes: a VICE podcast exclusive to Spotify. You can listen to the full story here.


There were six of us on the boat, aged between 15 and 19. One of the boys, his father had the same boat, so he was an experienced sailor. We put the sail up, and got out from the harbour. There was a good wind blowing.


The Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook was situated 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It was a state-run reformatory for boys under the age of 18 who were confined by a court order. Until 1919, the institution was known as the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. In 1966 it became known as Westbrook Training Centre.


According to the report of the Forde Inquiry (1999), Westbrook stood at the apex of Queensland's correctional system for boys and was without doubt its most feared institution. 'The Inquiry heard many stories of the threat of being sent to Westbrook being used to great effect by orphanage and industrial school staff' (p.124).


The boys received training in farm skills while learning to work the Home's farmland. They learned how to farm, garden and keep stock. Stock was often exhibited at the annual Toowoomba Show. Produce from the farm was sold, and the boys were allowed to keep the profits from their individual gardens.


The Commission's report (1999) also discussed the practice at Westbrook of certain boys being appointed as 'sergeants' to assist in the maintenance of discipline among the other boys. 'In particular, it seems that when boys escaped it was the role of the sergeants to bring them back' (p.130).


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Book Adventures, New York. 1966. First amercian edition, first printing. Scarce book with very scarce dustjacket in excellent condition. Many photos by Hajo OrtilAlessandro Bertolotti, Books of Nudes, page 153Hardcover with dustjacket. 23,5 x 33 cm, 258 pages. 360 photos. Photos by Haja Ortil, Dennis Hallinan, Raymond S.C. Barnes, Jos Le Doare, Kurt Bingler, John Geyden Clist, Jacques Simonot, Charles Egermeier, Carl Mansfield, Robert Manson, Charles DuBois Hodges, Maurice Grosser, Michael Simonet, Cliff Tennyson, A.J. Lowe, E.F. Norris, Bill Garden, Johh T. Palmer, John Armandale, H. Roger Viollet, Neil D. Davids, George Kittle, Frank Hollfelder, E.J. Eisenmeier, Ronald Drew, Cliff Tennyson, T. Leslie Smith, Carroll Seghers II, H. Cartwright, Stanley Newton, Robert Riven, Henry Grant, Ermete Marzoni, George London, Louis Ell, Don Wight, Peter Pridham, Eleanor Rost, Henry Grant, Nathaniel Dennison, Reginald Fortescue, Maurice Peters, Terence Nickerson, George Konig, Edited by Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson. Text in englishCondition: Book inside and outside and dustjacket flawless; only slightest trace of use and smell of smoke. Overall very fine condition. In this condition very hard to find. Original first american printing of the german title "Jungs bleiben Jungs". 2ff7e9595c


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