| The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture Contributor(s): Gorightly, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1944529543 ISBN-13: 9781944529543 Publisher: Paraview Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.32 lbs) 292 pages |
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| Publisher Description: One of the 1960s counterculture's most fascinating characters was Kerry Wendell Thornley -- a writer, philosopher, Zen dishwasher, enlightened prankster, and, possibly, an Oswald double with disturbing ties to the Kennedy assassination. A lifelong provocateur, Thornley was linked to many of the fringe elements of the time. He helped create the spoof religion called the Discordian Society and its tract, the Principia Discordia. He coined the term ""paganism"" to describe various nature religions. And he befriended Robert Anton Wilson, inspired the Illuminatus, and gave his anarchic support to the Bavarian Illuminati, a brilliant prank. |