Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads

by David Shenk and Steve Silberman

Book Overview

For fifty years and more than two thousand shows, the Grateful Dead have been earning the "deadication" of more than a million fans. Along the way, Deadheads have built an original and authentic American subculture, with vivid jargon and rich love, and its own legends, myths, and spirituality.

Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads is the first map of what Jerry Garcia calls "the Grateful Dead outback," as seen through the eyes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385474024
• ISBN13: 9780385474023
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Grate Book!

I've had this book since 1995 and my copy is about worn through! I've read it dozens of times from cover-to-cover and still find new and interesting things. Great book for anyone interested in the scene and/or the music!

Awesome!

Hey everybody!i have just finished this book! it's awesome! it really takes me back to the tours of the day! If you want to be taken back too, then take a copy of this book home with you today! i guarantee you won't regret it!

This is the ultimate book for deadheads.

A brilliantly written book for anyone who has ever loved their music and their vibe.

definitive

This book is a labor of love from a person who has been immersed in the cultural phenomena known as he "Grateful Dead".Any person who has attended Grateful Dead "shows" will find that this book tremendously enriches the memories and experiences.