Rebel Without a Clue

The wind began to howl our tent began to fly…In Rebel Without a Clue Jonathan Robertson takes us on a colorful and rather unusual journey. This gripping book cleverly addresses the cultural disconnect in America while telling the tale of a motorcycle adventure from the 1970s. It all starts with a kid who bootstrapped his own education out of abject fear of mediocrity refused his high school diploma went directly to college then stood toe-to-toe over the Vietnam War with an amoral Uncle Sam.... In 1970 Robertson was owlishly staring down ?ve years in federal prison but he wanted to see the world ?rst—or some part of it anyway. So he took a motorcycle trip with a good friend and traveled the blue and gray ribbons of America carrying little more than a toothbrush some clean socks and a nervous grin. And he found himself in the eyes of the people they met people they sat at campfires with and just talked. . The pages are packed with color and action when he describes popping a frantic wheelie to avoid a herd of bison how he and his friend landed in a Wisconsin jail stayed with a family after crashing in Chicago watched Emerson Fittipaldi win the Formula One race at Watkins Glen attended Yale University as guests or how they joined a search party for a missing girl in Connecticut. And in all that met America. . Most people have an experience at some point in their lives when they go beyond their normal abilities to achieve something improbable. It's interesting what happens next. Do they learn from it or just think of it as an exciting part of their history? Describing seminal events from the Middle Ages to the present and connecting them to lessons he learned on his trip Robertson's story serves as a unique lens. He makes the connection between justice education and social transformation. A thoughtful examination of rural-to-urban migration patterns and their effects on American politics is skillfully woven out of colorful road tales and the adventure of a lifetime. Fasten your seat belt it's a bumpy ride.