The Trip Into Milky Way - Softcover

Corcoran, Gary Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997126515 ISBN 13: 9780997126518

Publisher: Stargazer Press, 2016

Synopsis

It is the end of the sixties, a decade marred by the Vietnam War, assassinations, student protests and the civil rights struggle, but a decade equally distinguished by peace and love, a celebration of newfound freedoms and great achievements, like mankind’s first landing on the moon.

For Clay Matthews, the quixotic hero of The Trip Into Milky Way, these shifting tides of history come to a head when a draft notice arrives in the mail, the destiny of his life irreversibly altered when he decides not to report for induction, the tale of his life transformed into the ‘other side of Vietnam’ and what happens to a young man who refuses to die for his country. Just as a generation was forever defined by that misguided war, Clay's solitary journey into manhood is hurtled down an alternative path by his principled decision to avoid it.

From the enchanted shores of Hawaii to a sojourn along the deserted beaches of Mexico to a star-crossed love affair and ultimate incarceration in a Mexican prison, a host of colorful sixties characters join Clay along the way, like Stan, the world weary ‘Nam chopper pilot, Faith, an expatriate slumming in sleepy San Blas, Jijiwa, a Papago shaman and Eric, a Bhagavad-Gita toting friend from Clay's past, each of them playing a role in his ongoing quest for enlightenment. The Trip Into Milky Way. An epic adventure and haunting romance that together lead to a heartfelt conclusion.

About this title

About the Author

The product of an Irish/Italian family, the author was transplanted as a boy from the clapboard New England of his youth to the cookie cutter, stucco subdivisions that began to litter the disappearing ranches and orange groves south of Los Angeles in the 1960s. Ever rebellious, and true to the folk music/coffee house idealism that helped shape his early worldview, he chose to resist the Vietnam War, was a man without a country for several years as the result and can count incarceration in a Mexican prison as one of his many colorful experiences during that era. Having pursued a love of reading and writing in various forms all his life, he finally took this passion seriously around the turn of the millennium and has dedicated the remainder of his days to authorship. The author recently returned to the New England of his youth and now resides along the shore of Rhode Island.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stargazer Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997126515
• ISBN 13: 9780997126518
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 622