Synopses & Reviews
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. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness itself. Leary transformed himself from serious social scientist into counterculture shaman, embodying the idealism and the hedonism of an age of revolutionary change.
Timothy Leary is the first major biography of one of the most controversial figures in postwar America.
Review
"The best that can be said about Greenfield's biography of Leary is that it will never be necessary to write another one." New Yorker
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About the Author
Robert Greenfield is the author of a biography of Jerry Garcia and a book about rock impresario Bill Graham, which won a Ralph J. Gleason Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Excellence. He lives in California.
Table of Contents
Contents
Dreaming of Heroes: Springfield, Massachusetts, 1920and#150;1938and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 1
The Long Gray Line: West Point, New York, June 1940and#150;August 1941and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 25
The Berkeley Circle: Berkeley, California, 1941and#150;1958and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 57
God and Man at Harvard: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958and#150;1963and#160;and#160;and#160; 99
Xanadu: Millbrook, New York, 1963and#150;1968and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 201
Come Together: California, 1968and#150;1970and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 327
Escape and Flight: San Luis Obispo, California, Marchand#150;September 1970and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 375
Exileand#151;No Silence, No Cunning: Algeria, Switzerland, Afghanistan, September 1970and#150;January 1973and#160;and#160; 399
Folsom Prison Blues: California, January 1973and#150;May 1976and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 455
To Live and Die in LA: California, June 1976and#150;May 31, 1996and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 529
Acknowledgmentsand#160; 603
A Note on Sourcesand#160; 606
Books and Monographs by Timothy Learyand#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 609
Endnotes 610
Indexand#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; 665