A brutally honest collection of essays and short stories, told in the authentic voice of an American Baby Boomer. "A brutally honest collection of personal essays and raw short stories, told in the authentic voice of an American Baby Boomer. "...for whatever reason, I have been gifted with a remarkably interesting life. I have an inner drive to tell stories and share experiences with people." This book is a no-holds-barred peek into capsules of history from a man's life as he recounts, with no affectations, some of the fortunate, the unfortunate, the ugly, the sad, and the triumphant tales from his life thus far. Some of the topics and time periods touched on in this book include: 1960s-era Catholic School; President Kennedy's assassination; the War in Vietnam; U.S. Military - to serve or not to serve; Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll; Hippies; Turning On and Dropping Out; AA Meetings; Recovery from Addiction; Vietnam Veterans failed by our American Government and People; Multiple Divorces; and 9/11. This collection of essays is exactly what I would envision and hope for coming from a man born into the latter part of the American baby boom generation. While there is so much we already know about the time period that Robert McClellan lived through, he shares intriguing insights about his personal behavior, morals - or lack thereof - failures and accomplishments in an unassuming, transparent and sometimes self deprecating tone. He spins yarns about living through these annals of time, drilling down to the tender core of his heart in a way we rarely get to hear about from other male writers."