All About My Hat - The Hippy Trail 1972
Language: English
Published by Independently Published Mär 2015, 2015
- Softcover
- New
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, GermanyAHA-BUCH GmbH
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Neuware - The story of a young man who travelled along the 'Hippy Trail' to India in 1972, narrated through 'Myhat'. With little money and no travel experience, Al meets Myhat in Greece and they travel together through places few westerners would visit today, crossing Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the many that travelled the Trail and survived, few have told their unique and remarkable stories, this is one, told now by Myhat.'Let me introduce myself.'I am called Myhat. I was also known as Kapelomou.'I am quite an old hat. I was made decades ago. 'I had been passed many times to different heads, yet had seldom found one that I felt really comfortable on.'About forty years ago, everything changed. I found myself upon a head that I had a close affinity with and I found myself seeing, hearing, smelling much through this young man, Al - and even picking up on his emotions and thoughts.'I was lost then for several years, stored in a cupboard until, once again, I found myself on Al's head and now I can tell my tales. 'Al and I spent some nine months together on our first trip, visiting many big cities and several small villages, in eight countries, all different, all new to myself and my new head - an adventure of a lifetime. 'I sat on Al's head and witnessed all sorts of strange places and events while we travelled to India and then to the UK. 'When Al arrived back in the UK, he was quite ill, having suffered from a problem called Infectious Hepatitis and also dysentery. Al went to his parent's house in Wales and then to hospital. But after he was in that hospital, I was never on his head so often.'I didn't know what was happening. Why was Al leaving me How long was I to be here What would become of me now Would I get a new head Would I get more adventures Would I be treasured or neglected 'Then one day, Al took me out of my box and put me back on his head. 'That is how I came to find myself back on Al's head. I have been on and off Al's head for about forty years and now I can tell my tales. We have done a lot of travelling over those forty years.'.…
Seller Inventory # 9780993210716
- Title
- All About My Hat - The Hippy Trail 1972
- Author
- Alun Buffry Bsc
- Publisher
- Independently Published Mär 2015
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0993210716
- ISBN 13
- 9780993210716
- Item weight
- 266 grams
- Dimensions
- 229x152x10 mm
READERS' COMMENTS
Alosh Tom, Germany: "I have read All About My Hat. It was a fantastic read. Thank you very much for sharing the experience and opening a window to a world forgotten.".
Carrie Evans UK, author: "I've read Alun's book and can heartily recommend it. It gives a wonderful idea of just what it was like travelling in distant lands on a skimpy shoe string in those hedonistic days of the early 70s. Be prepared for some gruelling ordeals along with the natural and hashish- induced highs. All About My Hat is an amusing and compelling account of the vicissitudes of life on the Hippy Trail charmingly told by Al's observant but unworldly Hat."
Cdariotis UK: "A travel story written from a different perspective, that of a hat on a traveler’s head. Excellent descriptions of the local populations and of the Hippies on the trail to India in 1972, a journey that I also made in 1969, but from the reverse direction."
Isabel B, UK: "Funny, inventive and even educational! What more could you want from a hip hippy trip, back when you could do it and not think or plan, just go. Strongly recommend, especially for those who've never listened to the narrative voice of a hat."
Ali T, UK: "This is the first of Alun's books that I read, and I really recommend it. As someone born a generation after, it was a pleasure to be able to travel vicariously to a time and journey well within my knowledge, but outside of my experience. It's an easy read, but vividly describes the adventures and insights of the author, or rather the hat, to the point that you really feel like you're there."
Rev Philbin, UK: "Fantastic read, Spellbinding."
L Hendry, Edinburgh: "Al's hat has been there, seen it and maybe got the T-shirt by now. This is the story of a journey that could be done then, without much planning. They wander off to India on a meandering trail of meetings and partings. Marvel at the heedless way this group of young people was able to travel into excitement and danger. Sometimes what they thought was dangerous was not and other times safe things became dangerous. From excitement through illness and tragedy, staunchly vegetarian all the way.m. A diary, a story and historical documentation of its time. For the countries you can still get to by land, sea or air its also a guidebook of places to visit, things to see and of what to do and what to maybe avoid doing."
Joan Bello, author: US: "I am quite sure that I have just finished reading what should be recognized as an all time classic. Buffry is a master storyteller. All About My Hat kept me spellbound from the first page. This is a precise recounting of true adventure that every hippy-minded person will be in awe of regardless of age. Thankfully, Buffry has found a delightfully unique literary vehicle that completely disposes of the usual ego distraction of so many biographical accounts. It is effortless reading, nothing superfluous, no fillers, with an ease of language and a precision that is admirable. My Hat is a constant reminder of the camaraderie shared among all cannabis supporters around the world. Bravo!”
Ann C, UK: “This is a fascinating book packed with stories about adventures on the ‘Hippy Trail’ in all its reality. It was harsh with extreme discomfort, heat and dust and sometimes illness. It took strength and endurance ..but then... the rewards were a rich awareness of other cultures and beliefs”
Winston M, Surrey, UK: “Great read and so much interesting found it hard to put down.”
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