Season of the Witch by David Talbot

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Season of the Witch by David Talbot

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Fascinating profile of San Francisco pre- Summer of Love and the various factions-The Diggers, Hells Angels even Bill Graham that dealt with the hippie influx till the end of the sixties.

-- 19 Aug 2013, 13:06 --

Adding a follow up to the above...this book is unique in being highly readable yet packed with history. The beginning covers the era of the hippies. Through character profiles it winds around to the changes in politics, influx of crime and hard drugs, the disillusion left by Vietnam, Altamont and Manson as the end of and era, the rise and fall of the SLA and Jim Jones, the landmark changes in gay rights and the politics of the new decade. Whew, engrossing to say the least.
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