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William J. "Billy" Craddock (July 16, 1946 – March 16, 2004) was an American author who published two novels in the early 1970s chronicling psychedelic and biker culture in California in the 1960s.〔"Obituary", ''Los Gatos Weekly-Times'' (Palo Alto, CA), Wednesday, April 7, 2004 (Source: NewsBank last accessed November 12, 2013)〕 Doubleday published Craddock's books ''Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal'' in 1970, and ''Twilight Candelabra'' in 1972. Craddock has been called one of the seminal chroniclers of the psychedelic period, along with Timothy Leary, Alan Watts and Andrew Weil. ==Biography== Craddock was born July 16, 1946, in San Jose, CA; son of William O. (an executive) and Camille J. (Hatch) Craddock. He grew up in Los Gatos, California. He graduated from Los Gatos High School in 1964 and moved to San Jose to attend San Jose State College. He wrote ''Be Not Content'' at the age of 19, the same age he joined the outlaw Night Riders motorcycle club of San Jose. Craddock was editor of the underground newspaper ''The Mobius Strip'', in 1966 and 1967.〔On the Road'' is gone. Cody, the incredible, always moving, sad-mad Dharma Bum is dead," Craddock wrote. He married Carole Anne Bronzich on November 27, 1967. The marriage ended in divorce. He married Teresa Lynn Thorne on July 27, 1975 and moved to Santa Cruz, California, where he lived until his death in 2004.〔 In Santa Cruz, Craddock operated a retailer of restored vintage motorcycles with musician Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William J. Craddock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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