Cruising State: Growing Up in Southern California

by Christopher Buckley

Buckley takes the reader back to his childhood in Montecito, just outside of Santa Barbara, during the 1950s and 1960s. These eighteen essays are a chronicle of the rapid cultural and physical changes that coincided with his coming of age in California as a member of the baby boom generation. "I know it's simplistic," writes Buckley, "but nine out of ten days all I want to do is drive an old Chevy again, lean back against the wide bench seat, switch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874172470
• ISBN13: 9780874172478
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"