Rabbit Droppings: Autobiography of a Wabbit--The Off Beat Poetry, Humor, & Memoirs of a Babyboomer

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Summary: A Window into a Weird World
Review: Rabbit Droppings is an amusing romp through the imagination and real life of a Jewish 50-something beatnik/hippie: Harvey Towers. As such, it is a valuable window into a weird world that is quickly disappearing but well worth knowing.
Harvey T. Rabbit, as the author playfully calls himself, is a very intelligent observer who has participated for the past five decades in the American counterculture as well as in the bizarre universe that was the Vietnam War. He shares with us, unselfconsciously, his experiences and the resulting mania, taking us into the seemingly unconnected worlds of Jewish dating, anti-war protest, Klezmer music, drug use, mental illness, kissing, and soldiering.
The book includes a fantastic CD as well. It is an eclectic collection of Klezmer, Jazz, folk, Latin and uncategorizable music suitable for long drives or long evenings. The poetry that occasionally accompanies the music is a throwback to the jazz and poetry sessions of the 50s and early 60s. But unlike his predecessors in the Beatnik era -- at least the music this time around is truly first rate!

Rating:
Summary: A Window into a Weird World
Review: Rabbit Droppings is an amusing romp through the imagination and real life of a Jewish 50-something beatnik/hippie: Harvey Towers. As such, it is a valuable window into a weird world that is quickly disappearing but well worth knowing.
Harvey T. Rabbit, as the author playfully calls himself, is a very intelligent observer who has participated for the past five decades in the American counterculture as well as in the bizarre universe that was the Vietnam War. He shares with us, unselfconsciously, his experiences and the resulting mania, taking us into the seemingly unconnected worlds of Jewish dating, anti-war protest, Klezmer music, drug use, mental illness, kissing, and soldiering.
The book includes a fantastic CD as well. It is an eclectic collection of Klezmer, Jazz, folk, Latin and uncategorizable music suitable for long drives or long evenings. The poetry that occasionally accompanies the music is a throwback to the jazz and poetry sessions of the 50s and early 60s. But unlike his predecessors in the Beatnik era -- at least the music this time around is truly first rate!