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    Crossed Paths
    Crossed Paths
    Crossed Paths
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    Crossed Paths

    By Bill Schneider

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    Based on a true story, Crossed Paths is a first class depiction of Adam and Will, two young men from worlds apart, who met during America's Bicentennial July Fourth celebration.Set during that turbulent time in America's history, disco and punk rock battled for radio air play as the nation recovered from the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the sexual revolution. America seemed somewhat out of control.Together, Will and Adam did something courageous: they fell in love.

    This story reveals the incredible love these two men discovered. Yet, despite their deep love for one another, their romance tragically ends six months later when Adam takes his own life to avoid the wrath of his father.The undeniable love these two young men discovered unfolds three decades later as Will reflects upon that special time of his life. Through a coincidence of time and place, he meets Adam's sister and together they retrace the life of their treasured friend and brother.Crossed Paths is a roller-coaster journey through two unique lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMar 6, 2007
    ISBN9781469741154
    Crossed Paths
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    Bill Schneider

    Bill Schneider, a leading US political analyst, is a professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He has been a visiting professor at UCLA, Brandeis University, and Boston College. He is the author of Standoff and coauthor, with Seymour Martin Lipset, of The Confidence Gap. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, Politico, Reuters, and National Journal. He was CNN’s senior political analyst from 1990 to 2009.

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