Carol M. (bookwuman) reviewed Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to India on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Reverberations of a bygone era permeate this book. MacLean traces the fabled "hippie trail", the overland route from Turkey to India, which thousands of young people traveled throughout the 60s and 70s. He talks to those who were there, both natives of the lands traveled through and the travelers themselves.
The author does a superb job of examining how the hippies changed the culture and lands through which they traveled as well as how the journey changed them. He also paints a timely portrait of what those lands are like today.
For those who were there this book is a chance to revisit a pivotal time in their lives, and for those who weren't and wish they had been, it's a chance to vicariously experience the journey of a lifetime.
I loved this book!
The author does a superb job of examining how the hippies changed the culture and lands through which they traveled as well as how the journey changed them. He also paints a timely portrait of what those lands are like today.
For those who were there this book is a chance to revisit a pivotal time in their lives, and for those who weren't and wish they had been, it's a chance to vicariously experience the journey of a lifetime.
I loved this book!
