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Author Dennis McNally visits the North Branch to discuss his new book The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created The Sixties.
Author Dennis McNally visits the North Branch to discuss his new book The Last Great Dream: How Bohemians Became Hippies and Created The Sixties. Dennis McNally is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Strange Trip and the publicist of the Grateful Dead, the book is a riveting social history of everything that led up to the 1960s counterculture movement.
The Last Great Dream is a history of everything that led to the 1960s counterculture, when long-simmering resistance to American mainstream values birthed the hippie. It begins with the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance, peaks with the Human Be-in in Golden Gate Park, and ends with the Monterey Pop Festival that introduced Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to the world. It tells of several micro-histories, including beat poetry, visual arts, underground publishing, electronic/contemporary compositional music, experimental theater, psychedelics, and more.
About Dennis McNally:
Dennis McNally is an author, historian, and music publicist. His books include On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, and Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation & America. He lives in San Francisco.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Authors, Books & Writing |
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