Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love

Season of the Witch Enchantment Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love
Author David Talbot
Genre History
Published 2012

Season of the Witch Enchantment Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love, is a history book by best selling author, David Talbot. The book which is broken down into sections and chapters with corky names captures the dark history of San Francisco utilizing a “kaleidoscopic narrative” [1] and tells the story of how: " 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent." [2]

Contexts

Season of the Witch is broken down into three section each one depicting a different period within the city, each section is home to a number of chapters that are cleverly titled and a hodge-podge of clever puns to the utmost bizarre.[3]

Enchantment

The story starts off with what San Francisco is best known for within its history: hippie kids and their drugs that lead to birth place of many social movements and the rise of the beat generation.[4]

Terror

This is part of San Francisco history that many would like to forget. Hells Angels running amok at the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, but saving one of the few free clinics. The Zodiac and Zebra killers. And the hate fueled political killing of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.[4]

Deliverance

The book concludes with the riots the followed and the Aids epidemic that was just heating up.[4]

Appendix: The Best Songs Recorded by San Francisco Bands, 1965-1985

San Francisco being known for its music and do to the fact that music played a large part in its history Talbot concludes the book with what he considers to be the best and most influential songs recorder during 1965-1985. Songs by San Francisco natives like: The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane are included in this list.

One City One Book

The San Francisco Public Library selected Season of the Witch as their One City One Book 2015 selection. A annual lituracy event that through a series of reading and discussions aims to get the entire city reading and talking about one book with the overall goal of "building bridges between communities and generation" and making reading a lifelong pursuit" in order to create a more literate society.[5]

Published

Season of the Witch was published by Free Press (NYC) on May 8, 2012.[6]

Reviews

"Season of the Witch" received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and was hailed as "enthralling, news-driven history" (San Francisco Chronicle), "energetic, highly entertaining storytelling" (Boston Globe), and "an enthralling – and harrowing – account of how the 1967 Summer of Love gave way to 20 or so winters of discontent" (Washington Post).

References

  1. ↑ "Season of the Witch". City Lights.
  2. ↑ Drabelle, Dennis (2012-06-01). ""Season of the Witch Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love," by David Talbot". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  3. ↑ "'Season of the Witch,' by David Talbot: review". Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. 1 2 3 Ullman, Ellen (2012-08-03). "'Season of the Witch,' by David Talbot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  5. ↑ "About One City One Book". SFPL. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Season of the Witch". Goodreads. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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