Research Catalog

Title

Altered states of America : outlaws and icons, hitmakers and hitmen / Richard Stratton.

Author

Stratton, Richard (Richard H.)

Publication

New York : Nation Books : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2005.

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Details

Description

xlv, 373 p., [7] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

Altered States of America is a riveting collection of journalism by outlaw-turned-author Richard Stratton. Stratton's years as an international marijuana smuggler, his 8-year bid in a federal prison system, and subsequent ascendance to acclaimed author and filmmaker, give him the credibility with which to wrest an uncommon truth from his subjects. The stories in this collection read like adventure fiction. --from Publisher description.

Subject

• Stratton, Richard
• Journalists > United States > Biography
• United States > Civilization > 1970-
• United States > Social life and customs

Genre/Form

Biographies

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Norman Mailer: the Rolling stone interview -- Hunter S. Thompson: the last outlaw -- The Marco Polo of pot: Howard Marks -- Operation Courier and the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 -- Altered states of America: the CIA's covert LSD experiments -- The metamorphosis of Michael Levine: from gung-ho narc to drug war dissident -- Everybody must get stoned: Oliver Stone goes to prison -- The resurrection of Edward Bunker: America's greatest living convict writer -- The grim reaper's girlfriend: the story of the secret relationship between a vicious mob killer and a top FBI agent -- Lockdown! -- Only in America: the getback of Dennis McKee -- The making of a bonecrusher -- The man who killed Dutch Schultz: the story of Joe Stassi -- Norman Mailer on pot: the High times interview -- Norman Mailer on the corporatization of democracy -- Being Sean Penn.

ISBN

• 1560257776
• 9781560257776

LCCN

9781560257776

OCLC

• 61681238
• SCSB-12865773

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library