{"product_id":"timothy-leary-a-biography-paperback","title":"Timothy Leary: A Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Greenfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, \"Tune in, turn on, drop out\" became a mantra, and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness itself. Leary transformed himself from serious social scientist into counterculture shaman, embodying the idealism and the hedonism of an age of revolutionary change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimothy Leary is the first major biography of one of the most controversial figures in postwar America.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first major biography of Timothy Leary, Robert Greenfield immerses the reader in the life and times of a compelling but troubled American icon. \u003cbr\u003eTo a generation in open revolt against any form of authority, Tune in, turn on, drop out became a mantra, and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. While in Mexico in 1960, Leary, then a charismatic lecturer in Harvard s psychology department, tried magic mushrooms for the first time and immediately became convinced that first psilocybin and then LSD could fling open the doors of perception. Under the aegis of Aldous Huxley, Leary launched the Harvard Psychedelic Project and transformed himself into a psychedelic messiah who promised it all: self-liberation, hedonistic satisfaction, and spiritual fulfillment. \u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"It will never be necessary to write another [biography of Leary].\" \u003cbr\u003eLouis Menand, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leary's wild ride is the subject of a hugely entertaining new biography by Robert Greenfield, the first man to take on the myth. \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eROBERT GREENFIELD\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a biography of Jerry Garcia and a book about rock impresario Bill Graham, which won a Ralph J. Gleason Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Excellence. He lives in California. \u003cbr\u003eA James H. Silberman Book\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.96 x 6.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45254146654310,"sku":"9780156032063","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RmZZaTE2U1JuOUZxV3JXT2h4Um1Tdz09.webp?v=1773604232","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/timothy-leary-a-biography-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}