The most dangerous man in America : Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the hunt for the fugitive king of LSD
Davis, Steven L.2021
Books, Manuscripts
On the moonlit evening of September 12th, 1970, an ex-Harvard professor with a genius IQ studies a twelve-foot high fence topped with barbed wire. A few months earlier, Dr Timothy Leary, the High Priest of LSD, had been running a gleeful campaign for California governor against Ronald Reagan. Now, Leary is six months into a ten-year prison sentence for the crime of possessing two marijuana cigarettes. Aided by the radical Weather Underground, Leary's escape from prison is the counterculture's union of 'dope and dynamite', aimed at sparking a revolution and overthrowing the government. Inside the Oval Office, President Richard Nixon drinks his way through sleepless nights as he expands the war in Vietnam and plots to unleash the United States government against his ever-expanding list of domestic enemies. This is an American thriller that takes readers along for the gonzo ride of a lifetime.
Main title:
The most dangerous man in America : Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the hunt for the fugitive king of LSD / Steven L. Davis, Bill Minutaglio.
Author:
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2021.London : John Murray, 2021.
Collation:
400 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Twelve, 2018.
ISBN:
9781529328202 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920 LEA
Language:
English
Subject:
Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 -- Travel -- Foreign countriesFugitives from justice -- United States -- BiographyEscapes -- California -- San Luis Obispo CountyPsychologists -- United States -- BiographyRadicalism -- United States -- 20th centuryCounterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryLSD (Drug) -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974BiographyCaliforniaBiography & non-fiction proseTrue crimeDrugs trade / drug traffickingPenology & punishment
BRN:
2415650