A modern Huck Finn hits the road when a young actor stumbles into a fascist plot against America in the age of Nixon. A plot to murder Ronald Reagan. Hoover in drag. Kissinger high on hash. Jim Jones. Ted Kaczynski. Fascists, bikers, bombers, snake handlers, a stuffed dead horse, and an underground comic book hero called Timberline.

The mess we're in now started way back then.

Douglas Gray is a retired Linguistics professor. His other books are Wasted Year: The Last Hippies of Ole Miss and a poetry collection, Words on the Moon.