"AsEverWas, " along with Ed Sanders' "Tales of Beatnik Glory "are the two most important tomes I've seen recounting those decades of the twentieth century. -- Larry Sawyer, Editor, "Milk Magazine"

Hammond takes you places you want to linger and others that cause you to shudder with fears you might not know you had. It was the sixties, but you haven't read this story before. -- Comment on Amazon.com from a reader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Hammond's book may be one of the quintessential freak histories. -- Michael Simmons, "LA Weekly" columnist

It brought back memories I've...