History Series 8: Peter Richardson / Rolling Stone & Ramparts Magazines / Hunter S Thompson / Grateful Dead

Peter Richardson has written critically acclaimed books about Hunter S. Thompson, the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and radical author/editor Carey McWilliams. A longtime lecturer at San Francisco State University, Richardson has also written for The Nation, The New Republic, Los Angeles Times Book Review, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

His newest book Brand New Beat - The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine, is available now https://www.ucpress.edu/books/brand-new-beat/hardcover