Kesey, Ken

A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse.

This Special Edition includes a 1989 interview from public radio's Fresh Air in which Terry Gros speaks with Ken Kesey about the influences and inspirations for his most important novels, and his status as a 1960's counter-culture icon.

Ken Kesey chronicles the three years he spent in prison for pot possession, profiling the inmates and deputies, describing the social structure of the jail, and recounting his more entertaining experiences.

Little Tricker the squirrel watches as Big Double the bear terrorizes the forest animals one by one, but then Little Tricker gets revenge.

Tells the legendary story of "last go round" taken place at the original Pendleton Round Up in 1911, at where hundreds of riders competed for the first World Championship Broncbusting title.

The struggle for power between a head nurse and a male patient in a mental institution leads to a climax of hate, violence and death.