| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257), discography (pages 221-232), and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue. The Muir Beach acid test -- Bluegrass roots -- Growing up absurd -- Shape-shifting -- Berkeley, 1964 -- Making acid -- Pranksters and Angels -- Trips Festival -- LA fadeaway -- Olompali -- Print the legend -- Monterey Pop, and beyond -- Getting busted -- Two festivals -- Set up like a bowling pin -- Wall of sound -- Growing weed -- Bear's dream -- The land down under -- Real love -- Old and in the way -- A visit from Bear -- On the way home -- Epilogue. More anthems for the Bear. |
| Summary |
Award winning author and biographer Robert Greenfield brings readers the definitive biography of a Grateful Dead legendAugustus Owsley Stanley III, known better by his nickname, Bear. From extensive interviews with Bear and a major Rolling Stone piece, Greenfield brings readers unparalleled access to one of the most important forces in the rise of the counter-culture of the sixties. |
| Subject |
Stanley, Owsley, 1935-2011.
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Grateful Dead (Musical group)
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Sound engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Chemists -- United States -- Biography.
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LSD (Drug) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9781250081216 (hardcover) |
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1250081211 (hardcover) |
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9781466893115 (e-book) |
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1466893117 (e-book) |
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