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In the Rearview Mirror

Biography and Memoir

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In the Rearview Mirror

In the Rearview Mirror

Length7h 57m

About this audiobook

In 1961 the interstate highways were just being built, JFK was a newly elected President full of promise and two best friends after high school graduation in Cleveland, Ohio, drove west for summer jobs at Sequoia National Park. In just a few weeks, the two 18-year-olds realized they really needed to be back in Cleveland to spend the last summer before college with all their friends. So, Dango (A black nickname for a white boy) and Lee, made plans to head back. Not planned - Lee driving his 1956 Pontiac Star Chief off the road and into the air before the trip. Ride with them as they decide to hitchhike over 2000 miles back across the country. A true, wild and wonderful, "only in America" adventure ensues. Experience 1961 Las Vegas through the boys' eyes. Encounter a Santa Fe Bull. Get their take on Blaze Starr. Hop a freight train across two states. Find out how Dango got his name. Discover an America of wide open roads and wide open people. See the positive relations between races before the America of assassinations and riots in the later '60s. Not only do the boys learn about their country, but they also begin to learn more about themselves. It's a classic new "road story" and a revealing "new coming of age" tale. Every new ride, a new story. It's about a Freedom, we are not likely to see again. "Exciting, warm, funny, touching. and tragic. A can't miss trip for all ages looking to experience the innocent and guilty pleasures of the early '60s." Bill Harris, Entertainment Tonight

Coming of Age

Journey

Adventure

Psychological

Memory

Grief

Newadult

Rebellion

Audiobook details

GenreBiography and Memoir, History

Length7 hrs 57 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateApr 3, 2025

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11. Sequoia

88. Cleveland - Summer of 1962

22. Las Vegas

99. St. Louis to Columbus

33. Las Vegas to Seligman

1010. Columbus to Cleveland

44. Seligman to Clovis

1111. Cleveland - January 1966

55. Clovis to Amarillo

1212. Los Angeles - Christmas 1972

66. Amarillo to Tulsa

1313. Then to Now

77. Tulsa to St Louis

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Lee Livingston

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