The Children of Prosperity: Thirteen Modern American Communes. Hugh Gardner, St. Martin's Press, 1978.
 
Hugh Gardner wrote this book in 1978, after visiting thirty American communes in Colorado, New Mexico, California, and Oregon. He surveys thirteen of these communities in this book, including Drop City; the Lama Foundation; LILA; Morning Star; Maharaj Ashram; Wheeler Ranch; Ananda, and others. 
 
Mild cover fore edge rise otherwise very good with a solid binding & clean pages. 281 pp., tables, appendixes, bibliography, and index.