The Majic Bus Read By Douglas Brinkley
| Title | : | The Majic Bus |
| Author | : | Douglas Brinkley |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 544 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1560254963 |
Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus The class would visit thirty states and ten national parks They would read twelve books by great American writers They would see Bob Dylan in Seattle, gamble at a Vegas casino, dance to Bourbon Street jazz in New Orleans, pay homage to Elvis Presley s Graceland Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus The class would visit thirty states and ten national parks They would read twelve books by great American writers They would see Bob Dylan in Seattle, gamble at a Vegas casino, dance to Bourbon Street jazz in New Orleans, pay homage to Elvis Presley s Graceland and William Faulkner s Rowan Oak, ride the whitewater rapids on the Rio Grande, and experience a California earthquake Their journey took them to Thomas Jefferson s Monticello, Abraham Lincoln s Springfield, Harry Truman s Independence, and Theodore Roosevelt s North Dakota badlands And it gave them the unforgettable experience of meeting some of their cultural heroes, including William S Burroughs and Ken Kesey, who took the gang for a spin in his own psychedelic bus Driven by Doug Brinkley s energetic prose, The Majic Bus is a spirited travelogue of a unique experience
about Author
Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him America s new past master His most recent books are The Quiet World, The Wilderness Warrior, and The Great Deluge Six of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year He lives in Texas with his wife and three children.
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Professor Douglas Brinkley arranged to teach a six week experimental class aboard a fully equipped sleeper bus The class would visit thirty states and
544 pagesDouglas Brinkley
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