{"product_id":"sojourner-to-stoner-the-journal-hardcover","title":"Sojourner to Stoner: The Journal - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52447453741363,"sku":"9781916540071","price":92.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SmcvYzlLMWIvSlpNeXAxSzhFbE9YUT09.webp?v=1759013804","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/sojourner-to-stoner-the-journal-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}