A Long Strange Road

By Edwin Erickson

This is a journey through the life of a man, starting in Brooklyn, New York, extending to multiple cities and States, and finishing in 1976 in Burbank, California. Described are his experience as a young child, young man, his time attending Los Angeles City College Broadcasting Dept., his time in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, and his experience as a "street freak" who walked the streets of Hollywood stoned on LSD, Who hung out at a doper-hippie coffeehouse with glimpses of the people who also hung out at "The Blue Grotto." You will take a day at a Love-in in Griffith Park. A day in which he drinks LSD and meets a mysterious girl. You will know his feelings with women he met and lived with along the way. This book gives an intimate and intense view of what life in Los Angeles and Hollywood was like from 1968 to 1976. This book takes to a feeling you can only imagine...and that's what's good about it. Read this book with an open mind and gain insight into a character that today would be described as an outcast, as a narcissist, and as someone who lives to experience feeling good as the highest value one can have.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Edwin Erickson
• Release date: Jun 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463918906

Edwin Erickson

I was born in New York City. I have lived in many cities in the United States. I am a graduate of the Los Angeles City College Broadcasting Department. I am a graduate of San Jose City College, majoring in Theater Arts. I attended the senior year at San Jose State University, majoring in Radio/TV Production and minoring in Theater Arts. While at these colleges, I appeared in many stage plays, including recognition in the San Jose Mercury News for a role in Hot L Baltimore at San Jose State. I have met famous people. I asked questions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a 1964 Los Angeles press conference. My experiences as a Hollywood hippie while taking many psychedelic drug trips are memorable. My experience on the brink of insanity and my recovery, mostly on my own, are interesting and provide insight into inner growth and how life changes while the journey continues.