Just a shot away : peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont / Saul Austerlitz.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250083197 (hardcover)
- 1250083192 (hardcover)
- 781.66078/79455 23
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Iola Public Library | Adult Books | 781.66 Austerlitz, Saul (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34311002736404 |
Includes index.
In Just a Shot Away, writer and critic Saul Austerlitz tells the story of “Woodstock West,” where the Rolling Stones hoped to end their 1969 American tour triumphantly with the help of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, and 300,000 fans. Instead the concert featured a harrowing series of disasters, starting with the concert’s haphazard planning. The bad acid kicked in early. The Hells Angels, hired to handle security, began to prey on the concertgoers. And not long after the Rolling Stones went on, an 18-year-old African-American named Meredith Hunter was stabbed by the Angels in front of the stage.
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