num_pages: 414
description: Be Not Content is widely recognized as the defining book of the San Francisco Psychedelic Revolution in the 1960s. This 50th Anniversary edition contains a new foreword by his publisher and friend Jay Shore and an introduction by his sister Diane Craddock as well as a selection of photos drawings and other writings by Craddock.Superb in the tradition of Kerouacs On The Road with overtones of Ken Kesey and Hunter Thompsons Hells Angels but Craddocks style is all his own.  Robert Kirsch Los Angeles TimesThe definitive book of the acid-freak movement. A psychedelic pilgrims progress of beauty intelligence sensitivity.  Joseph Haas Chicago Daily NewsAn astounding book so good it defies praise. The writing is superb. Craddock is a born writer with an iceberg of talent.  Shane Stevens Chicago Sun TimesWillam J. Craddocks masterpiece legendary to those in the know is as exhilarating now as ever.  Elizabeth McKenzie author of The Portable Veblen long listed for the 2016 National Book AwardMostly autobiographical Be Not Content begins with the 16-year-old Craddock riding his beloved Harley Davidson with the Hells Angels the outlaw motorcycle club and getting into brawls and being chased by the cops. Its an unexpected anomaly for this bright middle-class kid from Los Gatos California. Craddock then takes us through his college days publishing an underground newspaper attending poetry readings with Alan Ginsberg tripping at one of the first acid tests and taking for days on end the strongest most pure doses LSD. All of it done for the purpose of Craddock discovering the meaning of life.Barely 21 when he finished writing it Doubleday bought the book in 1968 but held up publication until 1970. The first edition sold out with collectors prizing the few copies available and copies going for as much as $950 on the Internet. Be Not Content is a powerful literary coming of age narrative that millions of Americans can personally identify with  an unforgettable time in the cultural and sociological history of America.
language: English
title: Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal
publisher: Backtrack Publishing