Echo Valley Days is a fictionalized memoir about growing up in Philadelphia’s Main Line drug culture and further adventures located all over the United States. A story of the 60's and 70's drug scene that does not end up in rehab.
Echo Valley, a rich suburban neighborhood surrounded by John du Pont's Foxcatcher estate provides the location for a wild ride into the era. The root of this story is how a normal childhood morphs into the drug-fueled craziness of the sixties. Detailing drug experiences including first time LSD use tied to historical events of the time. The book expands into other areas due to a move to Maine, time at Purdue, motorcycle accidents, flying small aircraft, climbing dangerous television towers, and a return to dealing in Philadelphia.
An early inspiration for this book was Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown. Where his story is a black child growing up in Harlem, mine could be called rich kid in suburbia. I greatly respect Claude’s book, my story is different, but filled with its own intrigue and dangers.
Echo Valley Days will appeal to baby boomers that lived through this era and also to younger generations who want to experience a legendary time. The current sweeping legalization of Marijuana provides increased interest in the roots of this revolution.
