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Hitchhike: New York City

September 6, 2013 admin Leave a comment

New York City is sensory overload. Neither H. nor I really want to be there. But the hippies just drop…

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Hitchhike: The Hippies

April 7, 2013 admin Leave a comment

The idea is to drive straight through to Massachusetts, stopping only to top off the oil, pump gas or get…

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Hitchhike: The Tramp, Pt. 2

February 3, 2013 admin Leave a comment

While we make our way to a full-service rest stop, the tramp falls into a routine. He takes a drink.…

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Alcohol, drunk, H., hippies, hitchhiking, hitching, huck finn, huck finn is, huck finn is dead, I-90, leland e. hale, leland hale, massachusetts, panel truck, South Dakota, tramp, travel

Hitchhike: The Tramp, Pt. 1

January 27, 2013 admin Leave a comment

South Dakota. The sun is a blank white fire rolling across the sky. H. and I are squatted at an…

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Alcohol, Carney James, drug abuse, drunk, Ford, hitchhiking, hitching, huck finn, huck finn is, huck finn is dead, leland e. hale, leland hale, South Dakota, tramp, travel

Hitchhike: The Wedding Ring

January 6, 2013 admin Leave a comment

I was a Boy Scout. Should have known better. Never pitch a tent on a slope. Gravity always wins. Your…

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Hitchhike: Stein from Jersey

January 5, 2013 admin Leave a comment

His name was Stein. Driving a Ford beater, he stops to pick up H. and I just outside Missoula, Montana.…

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: '60s, '70s, butcher baker, college, drug abuse, hitchhiking, hitching, huck finn is dead, I-90, I-94, leland e. hale, leland hale, LSD, new jersey, Stein, whole wheat bread

Travel Tango

December 27, 2012 admin 2 Comments

Travel is a central motif in my latest book, “Huck Finn is Dead,” albeit in the most exaggerated form: Carney…

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Huck Finn Is Dead: Truth or Fiction?

December 2, 2012 admin Leave a comment

I don’t thoroughly subscribe to the “write what you know” dictum. I mean, come on, does that mean I have…

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Huck Finn is Dead

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In 1997, I started a book called “Huck Finn is Dead.” It made the rounds of the top New York…

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What Happened in Craig

On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire—until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small children, were missing…

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