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Autobiography of a Baby Boomer
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Robert Schultz
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From the beaches of Formentera to prison in Afghanistan to seeking Nirvana in India and back, Schultz shares in a delightful writing style anecdotes of pleasure, humor, suspense, fear, and reflection that ultimately transformed him into a well-respected orthopaedic surgeon.
In Autobiography of a Baby Boomer you’ll follow the journey of a post-modernist baby-boomer from Fath ...more
In Autobiography of a Baby Boomer you’ll follow the journey of a post-modernist baby-boomer from Fath ...more
Paperback
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426 pages
Published
May 28th 2013
by Light Messages Publishing
(first published May 18th 2011)
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I really like this book but only give it three stars because it read like "and then this happened and then this happened...." He lived a very privileged and interesting life but he also worked extremely hard. I loved the topic and loved his adventures and how his life went from Leave it to Beaver to Hippie to Orthopedic surgeon to retired. I would like to have learned a little more about his wife and kids but the book is about him not them. The last few chapters I skimmed because they were more
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I met the author at the BookMarks festival in Winston-Salem. I wondered aloud if my dad might like the book. He assured me that, as a baby-boomer, my dad would love the book. So, I bought an autographed copy for him. I was skeptical, though, because even though my dad was among the earliest of boomers, he was born and raised in West Virginia - he was not a hippie, he did not attend college and did not participate in protest movements, and, although he served in the military, ...more
I met the author at the BookMarks festival in Winston-Salem. I wondered aloud if my dad might like the book. He assured me that, as a baby-boomer, my dad would love the book. So, I bought an autographed copy for him. I was skeptical, though, because even though my dad was among the earliest of boomers, he was born and raised in West Virginia - he was not a hippie, he did not attend college and did not participate in protest movements, and, although he served in the military, ...more
I liked reading Bob Schultz’s story. He certainly has had many interesting adventures. I expected most of the book to be about his hippie days but this was not the case. Most of the book is about his career as an orthopedic surgeon. I found it difficult to reconcile his hippie days with his later more materialistic, conservative life. As a baby boomer hippie, I always wondered what happened to all the hippies. We believed in peace and love and acceptance of differences. What was mine was yours a
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If you're of a vintage when 'groovy' and 'far-out, man' were the words/phrases of choice (long before 'whatever' is an answer and every other sentence starts with 'like') ABB is a delightful romp on what we knew as 'the road'. Along the way, we learn and remember perils and adventure of the exotic East, from the Bosporus to the Hindu Kush and through the Khyber Pass. For anyone born in the decade after WWII, the mere sound of those words was an aphrodisiac. The reality was far different, as Schu
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Enjoyed the book very much, interesting how the author could adapt so well to so many different life styles and demanding situations without snapping. Most of us stay in the box, it's easier. Great lesson in learning to adapt accept and move on for the better in whatever life sends our way or whatever we choose for our life. I recommend this read to anyone at any age.
This book was a delightful and interesting read. It was filled with humor, suspense and much information
What an excellent book! This was an inspiring and epic story. Dr. Schultz tells a great story.
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Robert Schultz, although a Jersey boy at heart, presently lives in Raleigh, NC, with his wife, Debbie, and three children. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1969 and, after exploring the world, went on to receive an M.D. degree from Cornell University and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Harvard. Now retired from private practice Robert enjoys giving back to the medical professio
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