1969 and Then Some A Memoir of Romance, Motorcycles, and Lingering Flashbacks of a Golden Age by Wintner, Robert instant download

1969 and Then Some A Memoir of Romance, Motorcycles, and Lingering Flashbacks of a Golden Age by Wintner, Robert instant download

1 online resource (337 p.), The year when everything needed to be experienced and tried, when innocence was tempted, played, and lost.1969 was that pivotal year for the baby boomers. Young and innocent, they were given the ultimate freedoms and were faced with growing up.This touching, hilarious memoir is the true story of a late sixties grand tour of Europea life-defining parable, for those who remember and for those who can't. Never before and not since have a handful of seasons so exquisitely defined the difference between right and wrong. With the gift of youth they saw, sensed, and savored the laughably clear disti, Description based upon print version of record, Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Were You There? Sir, Really?; We Have Ignition and...; Six Months Earlier; Deep Penetration; Over the Mountains and Into the Sea; Off the Road Again; Into the Wilderness; A Flea-Bit Painted Monkey; You're the Reason I'll be Traveling On; He Had All the Breaks; What if the 60s Never Happened?; Westward Ho; Sea Time; Around the Clubhouse Turn; Asymmetry as an Indication of Life; Motorcycle Resolved; The Senior Discount; Time Has Come Today; Acknowledgements, The year when everything needed to be experienced and tried, when innocence was tempted, played, and lost.1969 was that pivotal year for the baby boomers. Young and innocent, they were given the ultimate freedoms and were faced with growing up.This touching, hilarious memoir is the true story of a late sixties grand tour of Europea life-defining parable, for those who remember and for those who can't. Never before and not since have a handful of seasons so exquisitely defined the difference between right and wrong. With the gift of youth they saw, sensed, and savored the laughably clear disti