Cruising State: Growing Up in Southern California
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Buckley takes the reader back to his childhood in Montecito, just outside of Santa Barbara, during the 1950s and 1960s. These eighteen essays are a chronicle of the rapid cultural and physical changes that coincided with his coming of age in California as a member of the baby boom generation. "I know it's simplistic," writes Buckley, "but nine out of ten days all I want to do is drive an old Chevy again, lean back against the wide bench seat, switch the AM radio on to a game, shift that 3-speed on the column, and cruise with the windows down." What Buckley calls the "fire at the edge of things"--the blindingly rapid changes during his lifetime in society, politics, and technology--glows brightly throughout the eighteen narratives in the book. Discussion of these issues takes place in the context of people's lives--either Buckley's or those of his friends--rather than in abstract terms. Cruising State is deeply personal, yet universal in appeal.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0874172470
ISBN13:9780874172478
Release Date:September 1994
Publisher:University of Nevada Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"
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