Timothy Leary by Robert Greenfield
To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, Tune in, turn on, drop out became a mantra and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. In the handsome, charismatic Leary, the youth of the 1960s found someone who promised it all: self-liberation, hedonistic satisfaction, and spiritual fulfillment. While in Mexico in 1960, Leary, then a lecturer and brilliant psychologist at Harvard, tried magic mushrooms for the first time. He became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of the psychedelic drugs. Under the aegis of Aldous Huxley, Leary launched the Harvard Psychadelic Project and transformed himself into a psychadelic messiah. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness itself. For the next three decades, Leary's life was a roller-coaster ride of glamour and scandal, drug-induced epiphanies, and endless legal problems. After he died in Los Angeles in 1996, his ashes were shot into outer space--his last trip. In this first major biography of one of the most controversial figures in postwar America, Robert Greenfield immerses the reader in the life and times of a compelling but troubled icon. The supporting cast of characters in this fascinating book reads like a who's who of popular culture in twentieth-century America. At the center of the maelstrom he created everywhere he went is Leary himself: a gifted but self-mythologizing addict of fame and notoriety who seized his moment in the spotlight and refused to let it go.
"Compulsively readable" - The New York Observer"
Robert Greenfield is a former international fashion designer, once dubbed 'Britain's answer to the Italian Look', and a well-respected interior designer, whose work is often featured in the press. In 2011 Robert's autobiography Samphire Coast - driven by his experiences of owning a quirky award-winning boutique B&B in North Norfolk - was published by Vanguard Press (Pegasus): it continues to be one of their best sellers. Robert is currently working on a crime thriller, from his new woodland home on the North Norfolk coast: it's based on his dreams for a Worldwide Dog Protection Law. If you enjoyed this book, a review would be really appreciated by the author, even if it's just a couple of words on Amazon or any online retailers of The Cedar Cage. Reviews help expand the author's audience.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156032063 |
| ISBN 10 | 0156032066 |
| Title | Timothy Leary |
| Author | Robert Greenfield |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvest Books |
| Year published | 2007-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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