Through the Kaleidoscope

ISBN-10: 1545238073
ISBN-13: 9781545238073
Series: Through the Kaleidoscope
Pages: 351
Language: English
Published: 2017-07-13
Author: Ben Westholm

Description

Through the Kaleidoscope relives mid-60's San Francisco, from the Tribute to Dr. Strange through the Trips Festival, the busts for under-age dancing at the Fillmore, the Human Be-In, to the Death of Hippie street theater. While thousands of kids rebel and run away from home, Becky Clement arrives looking for her real father. As the counterculture takes off, she finds friends in Haight-Ashbury including Nicole, who runs a far-out clothing store while seeking romance. While all the rules are up for grabs, Becky's boyfriend is given a stark choice for his future. All the while streams of kids pour into San Francisco looking for free love, raising the tension for straights and freaks alike. Here is the pageantry of the Haight, the creation of psychedelic rock, the light shows, the wild fashion, the beginning of underground radio, and the optimism for a better world, all spiced with still-legal LSD.Finding far more than she bargained for, will Becky also find the family for which she yearns?