It was the late 1960’s America, as the war in Vietnam raged. Ronald James Schulz saw himself in an unjust society where racism and all manner of discriminations hold sway against blacks and people of color. The young Ron was white and thus not affected, but he decided to go beyond being just another hippie into becoming a radical yippee. But joining the resistance and facing the “pigs” headlong had its consequences. Unfortunately, his selfless and bold move turned his life into a nightmare. He lost the very things he cherished most in life; freedom and living life on his own terms. The struggle to get by in solitary confinement as he was moved from jail to psychiatric hospital and the courts for extended periods, would push his patience to the very limits.
Would Ron survive? Would he ever get his life back on track? Only time will tell.
This book is a true-life story, yet it’s as captivating as some of the best scripted fictional thrillers. It brings back to life, a forgotten past. A tumultuous era that helped the American society to evolve. A story that needs to be heard from the horse’s mouth.
BIO: RONALD SCHULZ was born in 1952 in Chicago. He dropped out to explore the Sixties radical counterculture before hitchhiking across Europe and Africa on a roundabout Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal. Now a semi-retired hobo, and a new author writing his honest history of those tumultuous times, he hopes to honor the memory of departed friends before he too vanishes from this planet. He has taken advanced writing classes at the University of Washington and Hugo House. Ronald is a father of two, grandfather of three, who believes in living life to the fullest, regardless of circumstances