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The acid queen : the psychedelic life and counterculture rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary / Susannah Cahalan.
Van Pelt Library HV5822.H25 C34 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cahalan, Susannah, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leary, Rosemary Woodruff, 1935-2002.
- Leary, Rosemary Woodruff.
- Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996--Friends and associates.
- Leary, Timothy.
- Hallucinogenic drugs.
- Hallucinogenic drugs--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Counterculture--United States--History--20th century.
- Counterculture.
- Fugitives from justice--United States--Biography.
- Fugitives from justice.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Psychedelic life and counterculture rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]
- Summary:
- "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 Drawing from a wealth of interviews, diaries, archives, and unpublished sources, Susannah Cahalan writes the definitive portrait of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, reclaiming her narrative and her voice from those who dismissed her." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Author's note
- Preface
- Part One: The stewardess. The genius and the goddess
- The book of changes
- A real visionary
- The match
- The apprentice
- Part Two: The assistant. Morning glory seeds
- The Woodruff woman
- Death of the mind
- The robot
- The seagulls
- Part Three: The acid queen. Blinded by the sun
- Rosemary wept
- The surrogate monarch of psychedelia
- The computer
- Sylvia McGaffin
- Maia Baraka
- Marilyn Monroe
- Demeter
- Part Four: The high priestess of innkeeping. Sarah Woodruff
- Flashbacks
- The story of my punishment
- Her story
- Why not
- My work
- Ghosts and minor characters
- The magician's assistant
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Cahalan, Susannah. Acid queen
- ISBN:
- 9780593490051
- 0593490053
- OCLC:
- 1450557467
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