
Season of the Witch
Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love
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Narrated by:
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Arthur Morey
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By:
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David Talbot
Audie Award Nominee, History, 2013
Season of the Witch is the first book to fully capture the dark magic of San Francisco in this breathtaking period, when the city radically changed itself - and then revolutionized the world. The cool gray city of love was the epicenter of the 1960s cultural revolution. But by the early 1970s, San Francisco’s ecstatic experiment came crashing down from its starry heights. The city was rocked by savage murder sprees, mysterious terror campaigns, political assassinations, street riots, and finally a terrifying sexual epidemic. No other city endured so many calamities in such a short time span.
David Talbot takes us deep into the riveting story of his city’s ascent, decline, and heroic recovery. He draws intimate portraits of San Francisco’s legendary demons and saviors: Charles Manson, Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army, Jerry Garcia, Janis Joplin, Bill Graham, Herb Caen, the Cockettes, Harvey Milk, Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, Joe Montana and the Super Bowl 49ers. He reveals how the city emerged from the trials of this period with a new brand of “San Francisco values”, including gay marriage, medical marijuana, immigration sanctuary, universal health care, recycling, renewable energy, consumer safety, and a living wage mandate. Considered radical when they were first introduced, these ideas have become the bedrock of decent society in many parts of the country, and exemplify the ways that the city now inspires us toward a live-and-let-live tolerance, a shared sense of humanity, and an openness to change.
As a new generation of activists and dreamers seeks its own path to a more enlightened future, Season of the Witch - with its epic tale of the wild and bloody birth of San Francisco values - offers both inspiration and cautionary wisdom.
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An incredible account of history and stories that helped create and evolve San Francisco into the city it is today.
Excellent Book
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"Bagdad on the Bay"!!!
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Truly hard to put down
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
If you are interested in San Francisco, the Summer of Love, the Gay Movement, etc., you will love this book.Who was your favorite character and why?
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This non-fiction book about San Francisco was as captivating as a mystery novel. It was moving, scary and amazing.Fascinating book, great narration
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Hoover’s COINTELPRO came and spelled the beginning of some dark days in San Francisco. The “hippie movement” (or the true counterculture) simply couldn’t be allowed to work.
This book goes into the darkness that was created following the Summer of Love in San Francisco (w/some brief history leading up to it).
San Francisco warts and all...
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Loved it
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SF is the setting but it’s the epic story of an era
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