BOOKS - Lost and Found in the 60s
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Lost and Found in the 60s
Author: Paul Justison
Year: November 8, 2022
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.1 MB
Language: English
Year: November 8, 2022
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.1 MB
Language: English
Lost and Found in the 60s recreates the energy and vitality of the psychedelic era with a quick narrative pace and short vivid scenes. Mark Stenrud, a rebel at a conservative Arizona high school escapes for Haight-Ashbury, where he takes a job in the post office and settles into a carefree existence in the psychedelic center of the universe. LSD chemists notice his organizational skills and calmness in the face of danger and recruit him to join their enterprise. He accepts and has free time for romance, adventure, and street justice. After months of success, he loses his touch, leading to narrow escapes, bad decisions, and his own downfall. Along the way, he learns about loss, forgiveness, and the meaning of self-respect.You won't forget it because you'll feel like you're there."This novel is excruciatingly accurate and totally outrageous. Justison has captured the extravagance of the time: the interplay of sexual liberation, psychedelic experiences and coming of age that made the community so intense and inviting.Was drug use so extensive and casual? You bet. Was casual sexual connecting so extensive and easy? Oh my, yes. The 60s, including its dark, scary, lonely, confused reality is all here, as well as the ecstasy, the kindness, and the sharing. If you weren't there, this is as close as you're going to get to knowing what you missed. The stories, the people, the vision - enjoy the trip."James Fadiman, microdose researcher and Author, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic and Sacred Journeys"This lively and engaging novel chronicles the adventures of a high school drop-out who leaves Arizona for Haight Ashbury in the 1960's where the credo was and "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out." The narrator, a bright, observant young man, quickly becomes part of Hippie culture of free love, tripping on marijuana and LSD, Be-Ins, Viet Nam War protests, and anti-draft demonstrations, which is captured in nuanced and textured detail.Central to this novel is the protagonist's deep respect for women as friends and lovers who are his equals in their shared explorations as well as existential lessons learned. For those who were there, this novel will bring it all back, for those who weren't, this novel is a vivid portrait of the 60's."Wendy Martin, Professor of American Literature and American Studies, Claremont Graduate UniversityFounder and Editor, Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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