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Counterculture and the 1960s

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[PERIODICALS]. Three Issues of “The San Francisco Oracle.” ...

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[PERIODICALS]. Three Issues of ?The San Francisco Oracle.? Oracle Cooperative Publishing, 1967-69. Volume 1, numbers 7, 10 and 11. Possibly the most influential underground newspaper of the 1960s in both content and production. Issue 7 is notable for it?s extensive transcription of the ?Houseboat Summit?, a discussion between Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and Gary Snyder. All three issues have horizontal folds, slight aging and light wear.