Hippie

Hippie
by Barry Miles

Hippie
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Author: Barry Miles
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-08-28
ISBN: 1402728735
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Sterling

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Book Review: Brilliant Nuggets of the *H*I*P*P*I*E* **60s**
Summary: 5 Stars

I loved Barry Miles book HIPPIE. It's an overstuffed, medium sized paperback that covers the time period starting in 1965 and ending in 1971.

Each year is a chapter, and full of pictures and info that highlight the events; just enough to whet the appetite but not enough to become overwhelming or tedious. In fact it leaves you longing for more.

Miles give you a taste of all the incredible events that have since become synonymous with the counter-culture of the 60s like: the Diggers, Haight Ashbury, The Human Be-In, the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vietnam, LSD, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Woodstock, Altamont, the Acid tests and the Merry Pranksters, and so much more!

There are pictures on every page showing the scene, album covers, the music posters and the people and places that drove the hippie movement. I cannot express how much I enjoyed this book.

There are a couple of small issues that I have with HIPPIE. One was the type size...I found the type a little small and it took my eyes awhile to get used to it, but they adjusted. Also, like I said, Miles just gives you enough information about the people, places, and events to give you a general idea of what was going on during that time so it does leave you wanting to know more. Of course, since there was so much going on in each of the years from 1965-1971 it would've been impossible to go into great detail about the events and people without having the book become too large. (For more in-depth look at the Haight-Ashbury scene in San Francisco check out The Haight-Ashbury: A History)

But it was informative and most importantly ENTERTAINING to read. I recommend this book to anyone who lived through the 60s or wished they did.

Summary of Hippie

New York Times bestseller! Sales phenomenon! Now in an entirely new compact-sized paperback...at a mind-blowing price.
Experience the ultimate flashback with this celebration of an era. Rich in illustratiosn and filled with the history, politics, sayings, and slogans that defined an age, this tribute to the 1960's counterculture is as groovy as it gets.
For those who were there, this volume will invoke the spirit of the time. Those who weren't, will wish they had been.

"To turn the shiny pages of Hippie is to breathe deeply. Here they all are: Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Brian Jones...Bob Dylan and Timothy Leary."--The New York Times.

"The watershed 1960s can be gloriously re-experienced in the pages of this magnificent, oversize volume...luscious...its textural accompaniment [is] as spirited as its bounty of dynamic illustrations."--Booklist

"Illuminates the youth culture of drugs and rock 'n' roll that flowered from 1965-1972."--BusinessWeek

"Chock-full of fabulous photographs."--High Times

"Spectacularly designed...every bit as captivating, colorful and self congratulatory as the eponymous social type it describes."--Washington Post Book World

"Provocative and opinionated..."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"A fascinating walk through a cultural revolution."--Rangefinder

"Impressively detailed and lavishly illustrated. Barry Miles' impeccable credentials...give him a unique and unexpectedly erudite point of view..."--The Austin Chronicle

"An exuberant collection of photos and essays about the music, politics and fashion that rocked the world-priced for the bohemian budget."--Time Out New York.

"Capture[s] the drama of the counterculture era."--AARP.

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll; peace rallies and riots in the ghettos; Flower Power, Black Power, and Gay Power; Mothers of Invention and Women's Liberation; Woodstock, Monterey Pop, and Altamont. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: it all depends on whom you ask. But without a doubt, hippies transformed society. Take a magical mystery tour through this revolutionary period. Every significant moment comes vibrantly alive once again in day-glo psychedelic images, rare portraits of writers and musicians, dynamite poster and album artwork, and photographic records of political events that shook the world. Hundreds of unforgettable quotations come from seminal figures such as Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Grace Slick, George Harrison, and Wavy Gravy.
Proceeding year by year from 1965-1971, Hippie gives an unprecedented degree of shape and coherence to an age of change--from the free-loving flower children of Haight-Ashbery to the student protesters of France--that by its nature is kaleidoscopically bewildering.

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