The Flowering of the Hippies

The Haight-Ashbury district, of San Francisco is not the only place where hippies have congregated for their “summer of love,” but it is certainly the biggest, floweriest, and most psychedelic. Journalists have skated the surface of hippie goings-on, but for real insight about the participants and their not altogether relaxed hosts, the At l a n t ic turned to Mark Harris, a resident of San Francisco and the talented author of t h e s o u t h p a w , banc, t h e d r u m s l o w l y , and t w e n t y -o n e t w ic e , among other works. by Mark Harris