Ask the Author: Tracey Madeley
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Tracey Madeley
My husband always wanted me to write a book in San Francisco, but I complained it was too difficult for a first book (it was my second). Golden Gate Park was the site of the Human Be-in in 1967 and that was the reason we got married there. It is such a beautiful place it is hard to write about San Francisco without mentioning it. So in answer to your question, the hippies came first, then the wedding and finally the book.
Tracey Madeley
No, I'm afraid I blame my husband for Peaceful Meadows. It is his interest in the hippies that made me write the book. He wanted a story where the hippies were the hero's, but not like Easy Rider or The Lovin's where they died, or the dream was corrupted. He wanted something positive.
I did read a lot of books like the Hippie Trip, Hippies and American Values and the fabulous book on the Haight Ashbury by Christopher Perry.
I did read a lot of books like the Hippie Trip, Hippies and American Values and the fabulous book on the Haight Ashbury by Christopher Perry.
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