The dark side of 1970s counterculture - when dropping out becomes breaking down
Steve’s descent into armed paranoia and midnight guitar feedback sessions
The moment friendship becomes dangerous in Sonoma County’s plum orchards
A .22 rifle accident that shatters more than car windows
Why sometimes leaving is the most courageous choice you can make
Real counterculture breakdown - no romanticized hippie mythology
The last conversation before Steve’s eventual tragic end
“Surfing The Interstates”—the first book of a memoir trilogy—chronicles a transformative 4,000-mile hitchhiking journey across America in 1973. This coming-of-age memoir follows a 21-year-old’s two-month odyssey from East Coast privilege to West Coast revelation, capturing the last summer when you could truly vanish in America.
Click here for table of contents with links to all 16 chapters.
