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With a foreword by William Burroughs, this frenetic autobiography relates the life story of Timothy Leary, one of the key figures of the1960s North American counterculture, and the primary proponent of psychedelia as a way of life. Leary’s controversial views made him a public enemy in the United States, where he was eventually arrested in 1970 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. His escape from prison, and subsequent flight, with the help of the Weathermen, first to Algeria, then to Switzerland, Vienna, Beirut, and finally Kabul, Afghanistan, read like something out of a novel. Other events in Leary’s life were no less dramatic, and he chronicles them in this book openly and energetically. Intriguing cameos of iconic figures are woven into the author’s life history, including one by Cary Grant, whose experiments with lysergic acid are described in detail. Ultimately, Timothy Leary’s memories are as much a record of a singular era in American history as they are one man’s recollections of a struggle against persecution and being ostracized.
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ROBERT W. HARRIS has been a freelance writer and designer since 1990. He has written twelve books, including DOS, WordPerfect & Lotus Office Companion and When Good People Write Bad Sentences. His books have been main selections in the Small Computer Book Club and the Book-of-the-Month Club.
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FLASHBACKS: An Autobiography
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. An Autobiography. Detailed account of his life and experimentation with mind-expanding drugs. First UK Edition. William Heinemann Ltd, London 1983. illus 398pp hb dw slightly worn, pict black dw, gilt black cloth, near fine. Seller Inventory # 32990
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, A very neat, bright copy of the first impression of the UK edition. Octavo on publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black & white photographic plates, maps / plans /tables, notes. 396 pages. Some offsetting to endpapers, light soiling to front edge, top right corner bumped, all else clean and white. Signed and inscribed by Leary on free front endpaper. A flashback of Who's Who in the 70's & 80's :John and Yoko, JFK, Burroughs, Charles Manson, Aldous Huxley all feature in this enthralling tale of Leary on the run from drug charges, all the while convinced of his cause for freedom. Seller Inventory # 1709372
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