| Tahoe Basin Blues |
This is Shakespeare's house in
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Stratford-Upon-Avon
This is a shed across the road from J.D. Salinger's
house in rural Cornish, N.H.
house in rural Cornish, N.H.
Some favorite links:
Bob Dylan- Expecting Rain
Bob Dylan- Expecting Rain
The two pictures above were taken by me during
relatively recent trips. Shakespeare's house is in
the totally commercial Stratford-Upon-Avon, but
is fascinating nonetheless. Someday I hope to
spend a few days there.
The far rarer picture is the shed across the road
from J.D. Salinger's house. Just being on that dirt
road made me feel like a criminal. I'll write more
about that later.
relatively recent trips. Shakespeare's house is in
the totally commercial Stratford-Upon-Avon, but
is fascinating nonetheless. Someday I hope to
spend a few days there.
The far rarer picture is the shed across the road
from J.D. Salinger's house. Just being on that dirt
road made me feel like a criminal. I'll write more
about that later.
This is the Longport Beach in Longport, New
Jersey. This year I've spent a lot of time there. I
try to go when there are very few people around.
That's easier to do than you might think.
Jersey. This year I've spent a lot of time there. I
try to go when there are very few people around.
That's easier to do than you might think.
Tahoe, Berkeley, San Francisco. Vesuvio, City Lights Bookstore,
Poor Pierre's, Cody's. Telegraph Avenue, the Haight, the South
Shore and the North Shore. Dylan, Garcia, Keystone Berkeley,
Commander Cody. The Sixties and the Seventies and Now.
Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll and Extortion.
Tahoe Basin Blues is a novel that I've been working on for many
years. It is set in Lake Tahoe, obviously, and is based upon the time
that I lived there during the decade of the seventies. It is Art vs.
Commerce, Outlaw vs. Casino, Counterculture vs. Establishment. It
is a group of artists, casino workers and intellectuals drawn together
(as only Tahoe can pull people together) that plots revenge on a
casino- a plot that ends as no one dreamt possible.
If you follow the link to Tahoe Basin Blues, you can read a few
pages from Chapter One.
I'm sure there have been many novels written about Tahoe (although
I'd be hard pressed to name one), but I've never read one that
touched on the Tahoe that I lived in and that I loved- and somehow
survived.
Anyone who frequents Tahoe or who has lived in Tahoe for any
length of time at all, whether for a lifetime, a summer or a
ski-season, will enjoy Tahoe Basin Blues. It most certainly isn't
Shakespeare. It certainly isn't Salinger. But it surely qualifies as fun
reading down at the nude beach.
I've linked to a couple of favorite sites here, and my blog, which I
update (very) sporadically. I'm going to do more on that now that
I've finally finished tinkering with the book.
Tahoe Basin Blues is available!
Ron Alcorn
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=059536
5779
Poor Pierre's, Cody's. Telegraph Avenue, the Haight, the South
Shore and the North Shore. Dylan, Garcia, Keystone Berkeley,
Commander Cody. The Sixties and the Seventies and Now.
Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll and Extortion.
Tahoe Basin Blues is a novel that I've been working on for many
years. It is set in Lake Tahoe, obviously, and is based upon the time
that I lived there during the decade of the seventies. It is Art vs.
Commerce, Outlaw vs. Casino, Counterculture vs. Establishment. It
is a group of artists, casino workers and intellectuals drawn together
(as only Tahoe can pull people together) that plots revenge on a
casino- a plot that ends as no one dreamt possible.
If you follow the link to Tahoe Basin Blues, you can read a few
pages from Chapter One.
I'm sure there have been many novels written about Tahoe (although
I'd be hard pressed to name one), but I've never read one that
touched on the Tahoe that I lived in and that I loved- and somehow
survived.
Anyone who frequents Tahoe or who has lived in Tahoe for any
length of time at all, whether for a lifetime, a summer or a
ski-season, will enjoy Tahoe Basin Blues. It most certainly isn't
Shakespeare. It certainly isn't Salinger. But it surely qualifies as fun
reading down at the nude beach.
I've linked to a couple of favorite sites here, and my blog, which I
update (very) sporadically. I'm going to do more on that now that
I've finally finished tinkering with the book.
Tahoe Basin Blues is available!
Ron Alcorn
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=059536
5779
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