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The Last of the Merry Pranksters

Bureau of Lost Culture

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The Electric Coolid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

The Electric Coolid Acid Test is a 1968, Norman Fitchin book. Tom Wolfe presented a first hand account of the experiences of Ken Casey in the band of Mary Pranksters as they travel across the US on their colorfully painted school bus. The book chronicles the acid tests, the parties with LSD, Lays Coolid, and encounters with multiple figures of the time. And it describes Ken Casey's exile after his arrest to Mexico.

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