Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion, studied at the University of Oregon and led the Merry Pranksters, the subject of Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. The Kesey Stage at the Country Fair is named for him.
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Merry Pranksters
The group led by Eugene author Ken Kesey on his cross-country bus trip.