FLASHBACKS : An Autobiography

Timothy Leary [Timothy Francis Leary], Edited by Stephanie E. Bernstein

ISBN 10: 0874773172 / ISBN 13: 9780874773170

Published by J. P. Tarcher, Inc. Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Company, Los Angeles, CA/Boston, 1983

About this Item

Los Angeles, CA/Boston: J. P. Tarcher, Inc. Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. FIRST [HARDCOVER] SOFTCOVER PRINTING - Turquoise Endpapers (See Below). Gently read, Extremely tight and Crisp. Light age, wear to wraps (see scan), conservatively a Very Good+ copy Indeed. [Horowitz, Walls, Smith A25c. First paperback edition: Published May 1984 @$9.95. 8,907 copies printed. In addition, 4,166 copies of the hardbound issue had their covers torn off and replaced with paper covers (see note to A25a), thus putting 13,073 of the paperback issue in circulation. Published May 30, 1983 @$15.95. 17,500 copies printed / Note to A25a : In May 1984, 4,166 copies of the publisher's stock had their covers torn off and replaced by paperback covers. These copies are distinguishable from the paperback reprint (A25c) in having the printed series of numbers end with "1" and the words "First edition" on p. [4]; also, the turquoise endpapers are retained]. First Edition/First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Plate Section of Thirty-Eight Photographs. 8vo size - over 8¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FLASHBACKS : An Autobiography
• Publisher: J. P. Tarcher, Inc. Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Company, Los Angeles, CA/Boston
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874773172
• ISBN 13: 9780874773170
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.