DERELICT DAYS . . .: SIXTY YEARS ON THE ROADSIDE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT

THOMAS, IRV

ISBN 10: 1418429643 / ISBN 13: 9781418429645

Published by AuthorHouse, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DERELICT DAYS . . .: SIXTY YEARS ON THE ROADSIDE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418429643
• ISBN 13: 9781418429645
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Gathered here under one cover arethe previously scattered tales of my hitch-hiking life. As the sub-titleimplies, however, they are more than mere travel tales; for the common,unremarkable act of hitch-hiking cloaks a quite remarkable instrument of personalgrowth and guidance.This is so because it is uniquelycapable of removing the hitch-hiker from the realm of the planned andpredictable. Life happens, then, on acourse of events over which we have only the barest remnant of control(accepting or rejecting an offered ride).In this rarefied state of being,amazing things become visible for the perceptive observer. Without theprotective shield of control, one begins to see elements of real life most often otherwise hidden bythe myopia of pursuing a goal under one's own drive and handling - the normalcircumstance of daily life.The 'real life' I invariablydiscover, when hitch-hiking, has been filled with instances of providence andsynchronicity. So much so, that it has implanted in me a deeper, richerunderstanding of how life really works - if we let it. These tales are packedwith such instances, making this book both a pleasure and an enlightenment toread.

About the Author

Undoubtedly the only lifelonghitch-hiker with a biographical listing in Who'sWho in America, Irv Thomasrealized many years ago that the roadside art isn't merely a way of travel, itis the crystal tip of a wholegoing Way of Life.A gifted writer with a small butdedicated following, Irv has journaledhis fascinating life as an outsider and social rebel for over thirty years in zines such as BlackBart Brigade and Ripening Seasons.An earlier book, Innocence Abroad:Adventuring through Europe at 64 on $100 per Week, secured hisplace among a select roster of free-roving narrativistsincluding such notables as Jack London, VachelLindsay and Jack Kerouac.This is his paean tohitch-hiking.