The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455563587 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Davis, authors of the PEN Center USA award-winning Dallas 1963,comes a madcap narrative about Timothy Leary's daring prison escape and run