Walter Bowart

Walter Bowart
BornWalter Howard Kirby
(1939-05-14)May 14, 1939
Omaha, Nebraska
DiedDecember 18, 2007(2007-12-18) (aged 68)
Inchelium, Washington
OccupationAuthor, Publisher, Editor
GenreNon-fiction
Literary movement1960s counterculture New Age
Notable worksOperation Mind Control Samuel L. Lewis

Walter Howard Bowart (May 14, 1939 – December 18, 2007) was an American leader in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, founder and editor of the first underground newspaper in New York City, the East Village Other, and author of the book Operation Mind Control.