{"product_id":"sojourner-to-stoner-the-journal-paperback","title":"Sojourner to Stoner: The Journal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordon Schwerzmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSojourner to Stoner: The Journal\" is my record of Southeast Asia in the 1970s. I spent over a year as an officer in the U.S. Army in South Korea and close to two years travelling throughout Asia, first as a backpacker and later as a Hippie (yippee-ki-yay or more appropriately, hippie-ki-yay).\u003c\/p\u003e This Journal (YING) is a companion piece to my photography books surprisingly also called \"Sojourner to Stoner. The Photographs\" (YANG) (You must buy the two books together: otherwise. the Universe will be out of balance and there will be chaos everywhere. or as Bill Murray quipped, \"Cats and Dogs sleeping together\"). I have documented a time, the 1970s, before the all-pervading Western culture (sex, drugs, and rock and roll in Levi's} and The Economic Miracle changed Asia irrevocably,  The book is written from a traveler (Sojourner for Stupids) and a stoner (Don't Bogart that Bong) Perspective. \u003cp\u003eCommunism. Western culture and the traditional way of life are all fighting for the Soul of Asia, This is my vision of Asia, a bright (albeit smokey) beam of fight from a star that has already vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42126309818503,"sku":"9781916540088","price":75.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/520f74f5da6bec3ea1d36bd83774b8ab.webp?v=1732581972","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sojourner-to-stoner-the-journal-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}