𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by Aldous Huxley
For many young people in the sixties experimenting with mind-altering drugs, Aldous Huxley’s autobiographical tome on his first experience with mescaline became a must-read.
𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗔𝗛, the story’s narrator, Cruiser, finds an escape in Huxley’s pages as his spur-of-the-moment road trip spirals into chaos. You can read the first chapter of this zany adventure free using the Look Inside feature on Amazon:
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The Period Pieces Blog curates fun facts from the 1960s inspired by the novel Mustang to Paducah by Raul Ramos y Sanchez.
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