American Karma
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It’s the summer of 1971. The Vietnam War rages on. Nixon declares the War on Drugs. Jim Morrison dies in a bathtub. And all a nice Jewish boy from Miami wants is escape Paradise so he can find Utopia. Doug is a 17-year old hippie-wannabe who has all the answers. It’s just the questions that elude him. So he sets off on a psychedelic journey across America in his steel-toed boots. It’s a drug-hazed time of shag carpets and free love while trying to steer clear of farm-bred mosquitoes, a chainsaw attack, escaped convicts, angry villagers, a satanic cult and a pack of wild dogs. Doug’s journey becomes a wild ride with a merry band of folks looking for their piece of the American Dream. Instead he stumbles into the most notorious get-rich-quick scheme of the twentieth century, and learns the true meaning of American Karma.
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American Karma
- 2. It’s the summer of 1971.
- 3. The Vietnam War rages on.
- 4. Nixon declares the War on Drugs.
- 5. Jim Morrison dies in a bathtub.
- 6. And all a nice Jewish boy from Miami wants…
- 9. In a time of drug haze and rebellion…
- 10. …A 17-year old anti-materialistic hippie, chronicles his cross-country, pitfall- laden trek – including the most notorious get- rich- quick scheme of the 20th century!
- 12. Available now in paperback and on
- 13. Contact: dougshear@ aol.com
- 14. ~Memories~