Bibliograph

Just a shot away, peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, Saul Austerlitz

Type

Label

Just a shot away, peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, Saul Austerlitz

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Just a shot away

Responsibility statement

Saul Austerlitz

Sub title

peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont

Summary

The story of “Woodstock West,” where the Rolling Stones hoped to end their 1969 American tour triumphantly with the help of the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane, and 300,000 fans. Instead the concert featured a harrowing series of disasters, starting with the concert’s haphazard planning and climaxing when an 18-year-old African-American named Meredith Hunter was stabbed by the Hell's Angels in front of the stage. Austerlitz shows how Hunter’s death came to symbolize the end of an era while the trial of his accused murderer epitomized the racial tensions that still underlie America

Target audience

general

Classification