In this Book
- The Glimpse Traveler
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Break Away Books
When she joins a pair of hitchhikers on a trip to California, a young Midwestern woman embarks on a journey about memory and knowledge, beauty and realization. This true story, set in 1971, recounts a fateful, nine-day trip into the American counterculture that begins on a whim and quickly becomes a mission to unravel a tragic mystery. The narrator's path leads her to Berkeley, San Francisco, Mill Valley, Big Sur, and finally to an abandoned resort motel, now become a down-on-its-luck commune in the desert of southern Colorado. Neither a memoir about private misery, nor a shocking exposé of life in a turbulent era, The Glimpse Traveler describes with wry humor and deep feeling what it was like to witness a peculiar and impossibly rich time.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 10
- pp. 24-25
- Chapter 11
- pp. 26-28
- Chapter 12
- pp. 29-30
- Chapter 13
- pp. 31-33
- Chapter 14
- pp. 34-36
- Chapter 15
- pp. 37-41
- Chapter 16
- pp. 42-49
- Chapter 17
- pp. 50-52
- Chapter 18
- pp. 53-54
- Chapter 19
- pp. 55-57
- Chapter 20
- pp. 58-60
- Chapter 21
- pp. 61-63
- Chapter 22
- pp. 64-65
- Chapter 23
- pp. 66-69
- Chapter 24
- pp. 70-71
- Chapter 25
- pp. 72-73
- Chapter 26
- pp. 74-85
- Chapter 27
- pp. 75-80
- Chapter 28
- pp. 81-84
- Chapter 29
- pp. 85-86
- Chapter 30
- pp. 87-89
- Chapter 31
- pp. 90-92
- Chapter 32
- pp. 93-95
- Chapter 33
- pp. 96-97
- Chapter 34
- pp. 98-102
- Chapter 35
- pp. 103-104
- Chapter 36
- pp. 105-108
- Chapter 37
- pp. 109-110
- Chapter 38
- pp. 111-113
- Chapter 39
- pp. 114-116
- Chapter 40
- pp. 117-120
- Chapter 41
- pp. 121-122
- Chapter 42
- pp. 123-124
- Chapter 43
- pp. 125-126
- Chapter 44
- pp. 127-130
- Chapter 45
- pp. 131-133
- Chapter 46
- pp. 134-135
- Chapter 47
- pp. 136-139
- Chapter 48
- pp. 140-143
- Chapter 49
- pp. 144-146
- Chapter 50
- pp. 147-148
- Chapter 51
- pp. 149-151
- Chapter 52
- pp. 152-154
- Chapter 53
- pp. 155-157
- Chapter 54
- pp. 158-161
- Chapter 55
- pp. 162-165
- Chapter 56
- pp. 166-167
- Chapter 57
- pp. 168-169
- Chapter 58
- pp. 170-174
- Chapter 59
- pp. 175-186
- Chapter 60
- pp. 176-179
- Chapter 61
- pp. 180-182
- Chapter 62
- pp. 183-184
- Chapter 63
- pp. 185-186
- Chapter 64
- pp. 187-190
- Chapter 65
- pp. 191-192
- Chapter 66
- pp. 193-195
- Chapter 67
- pp. 196-198
- Chapter 68
- pp. 199-200
- Chapter 69
- pp. 201-203
- Chapter 70
- pp. 204-205
- Chapter 71
- pp. 206-208
- Chapter 72
- pp. 209-210
- Chapter 73
- pp. 211-212
- Chapter 74
- pp. 213-215
- Chapter 75
- pp. 216-217
- Chapter 76
- pp. 218-219
- Chapter 77
- pp. 220-224
- Notes and Acknowledgments
- pp. 225-228