Emmett Grogan (c.1943-1978) was called a "Superman of the Underground" by The Times (London), and was the founder of the Diggers. On April 6, 1978, the thirty-five-year-old Grogan was found dead on a subway car in New York City, possibly of a drug overdose. Peter Coyote is an actor, activist, novelist, songwriter, and Emmy-winning voice-over artist. After a short apprenticeship at the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, he joined the San Francisco Mime Troupe, where he became a prominent member of the San Francisco counterculture community and a founding member of the Diggers. His memoir is entitled Sleeping Where I Fall.
'one of my favourite books ... The Diggers were devoted to genuine egalitarianism ... this is their story as much as Grogan's and is one of the most fascinating books ever written about sixties counterculture' -- Dylan Jones New Statesman
'one of my favourite books ... The Diggers were devoted to genuine egalitarianism ... this is their story as much as Grogan's and is one of the most fascinating books ever written about sixties counterculture' -- Dylan Jones New Statesman
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