Ronald Schulz

Ronald Schulz

Home at the Edge (Memoirs of a 1960s Hippy)

HOME AT THE EDGE takes you from jail to the madhouse, an on-the-road and in-the-streets memoir of free-loving, acid-dropping radical youth in 1969. We last saw 17-year-old Ron lying handcuffed over the hood of a car in “Chicago Rage.” We pick up with him entering Chicago’s Cook County Jail, where he and his radical companions are kept segregated from the other prisoners to prevent them from--god forbid--being a bad influence on murders and rapists. He is bailed out only to be admitted to a mental hospital where he bonds with other disaffected youth, fellow ‘freaks’ grappling with their identity and struggling against the status quo. The attempted and successful suicides of his comp...
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Chicago Rage (Memoirs of a 1960s Hippy)

Free Love, Drugs, and RiotsA time in US history. A time of turmoil. And a time of unrest. A five-part memoir as seen through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Ron trying to earn enough money to continue his exploration of the emerging Counterculture, just after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.From the exploration of the underground culture of Chicago to the streets of New York, this recollection of the riots and first inter-racial romance tells of the trials we all face, even today. And then Karen entered his life - a young run-a-way with wild thoughts of tearing down Pig City.From freedom to jail, Ron must re-evaluate his life’s direction and to look at the world in a wider scope....
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Teenage Runaway

One boy. One backpack. One shot at freedom.In 1967, fifteen-year-old Ronald Schulz packed HIS bag, left a note on his dresser, and walked away from everything he knew–Family, friends, home, and life as he knew it.Teenage Runaway–a gripping true story of rebellion, survival, and the desperate search for identity during one of America’s most explosive decades. Faced with bullies, broken family dynamics, and a school system that crushes individuality, Schulz chose the open road over obedience–and found a world far more dangerous and transformative than imaginable.Raw, honest, and unforgettable, this memoir captures the spirit of a lost generation–and the high cost of finding your own ...
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Party at the End of the Rainbow

Party at the End of the Rainbow is a memoir that reads like a novel. Released from jail and the asylum in 1970, Ron turns eighteen and gets his military draft card, but can never cut his hair, betray his convictions, and join straight society. From Rock Concerts to gritty Chicago streets, Ron finds wild love and wilder sex, along with betrayal. Ron and his wild, tree hugging band of saboteur friends fight back against the Establishment from the first Earth Day school walkout until he joins the White Panthers, whose motto is, "Dope, Rock 'n' Roll And Fucking in the Streets!" 

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