Author

Publication

1968 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

108,500 words, Guess

Page Count

434 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHV5825 .W56 1968b
  • DDC301.2

Description

One of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Test is the seminal work on the hippie culture, a report on what it was like to follow along with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters as they launched out on the "Transcontinental Bus Tour" from the West Coast to New York, all the while introducing acid (then legal) to hundreds of like-minded folks, staging impromptu jam sessions, dodging the Feds, and meeting some of the most revolutionary figures of the day.

First Sentence

THAT'S GOOD THINKING THERE, COOL BREEZE. COOL BREEZE is a kid with three or four days' beard sitting next to me on the stamped metal bottom of the open back part of a pickup truck.

Subjects

Topics

TravelHippiesJourneysBiographyDrug abuseLSD (Drug)Drug addiction

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  • The electric kool-aid acid testFarrar, Straus and Giroux1968-01-01
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