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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2025
- ISBN
- 9780593490051
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593490053
ISBN-13
9780593490051
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14070473338
Product Key Features
Book Title
Acid Queen : the Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Women, Sociology / General, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-043049
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Cahalan shines a light on one of the twentieth century's most amazing untold life stories. Rosemary Woodruff Leary blazed an astonishing trail through the red hot center of Sixties counterculture--the downtown Beats, the pioneers of hallucinogenics, the Summer of Love, rock and roll royalty, the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, and more. With her captivating storytelling, Cahalan helps us all see this wildly misunderstood epoch of American life with new eyes. An essential read--and an unforgettable trip." --Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road "Rosemary Woodruff Leary was one of the great unsung heroines of the 1960s. Susannah Cahalan's brilliant account of this woman's incredibly courageous life in troubled times not only brings Rosemary back to life but also finally accords her the place in the history of that era she has always so richly deserved." --Robert Greenfield, author of Timothy Leary: A Biography "Cahalan details a piece of lost but fascinating history, the story of a woman who embodied an era of freedom, experimentation, and psychedelic adventure. Meticulously reported and beautifully crafted." --Susan Orlean "A fascinating portrait of an unsung shero of the counterculture. I couldn't put it down!" --Holly George-Warren, author of Janis: Her Life and Music "Cahalan has done the world a service in restoring Rosemary's legacy with this stellar biography, which is rich in sumptuous detail, both personal and historic, and is artfully constructed from the archives. Whether you know anything about the acid scene or are a complete novice, there is so much to enjoy in this excellent book." --Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls "Rosemary Woodruff Leary defied the FBI, the CIA, the American prison system and her famous husband to become a fugitive. But who was she really running from? That fascinating question looms over Susannah Cahalan's insightful, intimate biography -- part romance, part thriller, all astounding." --Maureen Callahan, author of Ask Not "When I finished reading this intoxicating book I both better understood the American counterculture and had exhilarating new ideas about what it means to be a woman in the world." --Ada Calhoun, author of Also a Poet, One of The New York Times Book Review Podcast's "Books We're Excited About in Early 2025" A Town & Country Best Book to Read This April A New York Post Best Book for Spring "Cahalan shines a light on one of the twentieth century's most amazing untold life stories. Rosemary Woodruff Leary blazed an astonishing trail through the red hot center of Sixties counterculture--the downtown Beats, the pioneers of hallucinogens, the Summer of Love, rock and roll royalty, the Weather Underground, the Black Panthers, and more. With her captivating storytelling, Cahalan helps us all see this wildly misunderstood epoch of American life with new eyes. An essential read--and an unforgettable trip." --Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road "Rosemary Woodruff Leary was more than just the First Lady of 1960s counterculture. As this deeply researched, fun, and fascinating biography from the Brain on Fire author Susannah Cahalan reveals, Leary--who was married to psychedelic icon Timothy Leary--is no mere supporting character. Instead, the biography depicts a smart, driven, creative, and cunning woman who lived a life just as interesting, if far less known, than that of her one-time husband. After all, he wasn't the one who broke her out of prison, was he?" -- Town & Country "Rosemary Woodruff Leary was one of the great unsung heroines of the 1960s. Susannah Cahalan's brilliant account of this woman's incredibly courageous life in troubled times not only brings Rosemary back to life but also finally accords her the place in the history of that era she has always so richly deserved." --Robert Greenfield, author of Timothy Leary: A Biography "Cahalan details a piece of lost but fascinating history, the story of a woman who embodied an era of freedom, experimentation, and psychedelic adventure. Meticulously reported and beautifully crafted." --Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book "A fascinating portrait of an unsung shero of the counterculture. I couldn't put it down!" --Holly George-Warren, author of Janis: Her Life and Music "Cahalan has done the world a service in restoring Rosemary's legacy with this stellar biography, which is rich in sumptuous detail, both personal and historic, and is artfully constructed from the archives. Whether you know anything about the acid scene or are a complete novice, there is so much to enjoy in this excellent book." --Kate Moore, author of The Radium Girls "Rosemary Woodruff Leary defied the FBI, the CIA, the American prison system and her famous husband to become a fugitive. But who was she really running from? That fascinating question looms over Susannah Cahalan's insightful, intimate biography -- part romance, part thriller, all astounding." --Maureen Callahan, author of Ask Not "When I finished reading this intoxicating book I both better understood the American counterculture and had exhilarating new ideas about what it means to be a woman in the world." --Ada Calhoun, author of Also a Poet "[A] vibrant biography ... Cahalan uses Rosemary's stranger than fiction story to offer a vivid portrait of how flower power cracked up in the '70s. It's an electric account of a remarkable life and the end of an era." -- Publishers Weekly "A well-wrought narrative that brings deserved attention to a lost figure in the counterculture." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
362.294
Synopsis
"Shines a light on one of the twentieth century's most amazing untold life stories. ... An essential read--and an unforgettable trip." --Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road "Cahalan details a piece of lost but fascinating history, the story of a woman who embodied an era of freedom, experimentation, and psychedelic adventure. Meticulously reported and beautifully crafted." --Susan Orlean The untold story of the woman who played a critical role in bringing psychedelics into the mainstream--until her audacious exploits forced her into the shadows--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with Rosemary inflamed the government. But Rosemary was more than a mere accessory. She was a beatnik, a psychonaut, and a true believer who tested the limits of her mind and the expectations for women of her time. Long overlooked by those who have venerated her husband, Rosemary spent her life on the forefront of the counterculture, working with Leary on his books and speeches, sewing his clothing, and shaping--for better and for worse--the media's narrative about LSD. Ultimately, Rosemary sacrificed everything for the safety of her fellow psychedelic pioneers and the preservation of her husband's legacy. Drawing from a wealth of interviews, diaries, archives, and unpublished sources, Susannah Cahalan writes the definitive portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, reclaiming her narrative and her voice from those who dismissed her. Page-turning, revelatory, and utterly compelling, The Acid Queen shines an overdue spotlight on a pioneering psychedelic seeker.
LC Classification Number
HV5822.H25C34 2025
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