Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie: Seven Years in the Counterculture
by Robert A. Roskind
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The counterculture of the 60s and 70s has been viewed as everything from naive to hedonistic. However, most of these views were formed by observing the movement from the outside. "Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie" offers a vastly different perspective, one developed from within. After graduating college in 1968, Robert Roskind hit the road for seven years. Roskind's travels lead him into the heart of the counterculture--to Esalen Institute, Tassajara Hot Springs, Big Sur, Vancouver Island, the show more communes of Oregon and North Carolina, Altamont Pop Festival, Mt. Shasta, the Haight-Ashbury and the "motherland"--Northern California. His personal odyssey, sometimes profane and funny, sometimes profound and serious, reveals this tumultuous era as a cultural and spiritual renaissance that birthed many of the solutions to problems humanity now faces. About the AuthorRobert Roskind is a writer and speaker. His ten books include "Rasta Heart: A Journey into One Love," "In the Spirit of Business," and "In the Spirit of Marriage," all traching unconditional love. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolna with his wife, Julia, and their daughter, Alicia. show lessTags
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Robert Roskind is a cofounder of The Owner-Builder Center in Berkeley, California In 1983, Roskind started the DIY Video Corporation, which produced the record-breaking PBS series "The Do It Yourself Show." Roskind has written seven other books Roskind lives in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, with his wife Julia, and his daughters, Alicia and Julie.
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- 2001
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- Nonfiction, Travel, Biography & Memoir, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 923.9 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Heraldry Unique Notables Manners and customs: society, travelers, discovery
- LCC
- HQ799.7 .R68 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Young men and women
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