Tom

Hero Redux

Revisado: 09-17-07

My problem with this biography was it's "Ho hum" attitude to what Leary was going through. There was an intentional attempt to ignore or undermine the clear importance of this man in modern American History. RUSerius did an interview with the author that I listened to and it was clear he had little appreciation for Leary and had specific problems with his parenting and alleged "snitching" to get out of jail. In fact Leary was a single dad who did pretty darn well and the problems his daughter had with paranoid schizophrenia were clearly inherited. His son did well. As for his snitching, that was calculated to do little if any harm and that's the way it turned out.

On the positive side, Leary played out a dangerous rebellion against the powers that be and did it boldly and gracefully. He was in fact a major spiritual and religious leader of the time that ha had effects we still have fathomed. Obviously the author was clueless about all that, perhpas intentionally. He was one of the radicals whose toes Leary rightfully stepped hard on.

This was a biased and intentional undermining of a hero. That said, it still was enjoyable to those he said would mostly read the book...us fans of Leary.

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