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Ken Elton Kesey (/ ˈ k iː z iː /; September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s.
Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. was born in East Greenbush, New York, on May 15, 1936. [5] [1] [6] His father, Hugh Romney Sr., was an architect. [7]Romney was raised in early life in Princeton, New Jersey, and by middle school age his family moved to West Hartford, Connecticut.
The Merry Pranksters were followers of American author Ken Kesey.Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological significance of a lengthy road trip they took in the summer of 1964, traveling across the United States in a psychedelic painted school bus called Furthur, organizing parties, and giving out LSD. [1]
The bus appears as inspiration for the cover and in the Amazon short story "Existential Trips" by William Bevill. Both Kesey and original Prankster Ken Babbs released books in 1990 recounting their famous adventure (Kesey's was called The Further Inquiry (ISBN 0670831743) and Babbs' was On the Bus (ISBN 0938410911)).
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Unveiled in 2003, [2] it depicts American novelist, essayist, and countercultural figure Ken Kesey reading to his three grandchildren, Kate Smith, Caleb Kesey and Jordan Smith. [3] [4] Plaques on the base of the sculpture contain excerpts from Kesey's novels One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) [citation needed] and Sometimes a Great Notion ...
Ken Jennings throws out the first pitch before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers on July 2, 2021, in Seattle. (Photo: Alika Jenner via Getty Images) This article ...
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and their two children made quite the fashion statement during a rare carpet rare appearance at the Hollywood premiere of A Complete Unknown.. On Dec. 10, the family ...