Operation White Rabbit
Dennis McDougal
A search for the truth behind the DEA's life imprisonment of acid's most famous martyr.
Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the "Acid King:" William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a government informer, a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.
A narrative for fans of Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind, Pickard's personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to informing for the DEA after Nixon's crackdown on drugs to travelling the world in classified roles for the State Department, Pickard's story is one of remarkable...
Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the "Acid King:" William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a government informer, a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.
A narrative for fans of Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind, Pickard's personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to informing for the DEA after Nixon's crackdown on drugs to travelling the world in classified roles for the State Department, Pickard's story is one of remarkable...
साल:
2020
प्रकाशन:
Skyhorse
भाषा:
english
ISBN 10:
1510745386
ISBN 13:
9781510745384
फ़ाइल:
EPUB, 10.10 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2020