Summer of 1969, a Memoir: Why Don’t We Sing This Song All Together | by A. Jay Adler | Medium Get unlimited access Open in app Home Notifications Lists Stories Write A. Jay Adler Follow Aug 15, 2019 · 7 min read · Member-only Summer of 1969, a Memoir: Why Don’t We Sing This Song All Together John “Jack” Niflot (Gift of Duke Devlin)/The Museum at Bethel Woods/Via Reuters Ann-Margaret was dancing down the middle of Sepulveda Boulevard. We were watching her from an overpass above. We were 17 and 19, and we had just walked out of Los Angeles International Airport. We had worked the first part of the summer to afford this first ever trip on our own — a three-week odyssey up the coast of hippie California. But there was no… -- -- More from A. Jay Adler Follow Professor of English, writer, roper of stars https://fordham.academia.edu/AJayAdler Love podcasts or audiobooks? Learn on the go with our new app. Try Knowable Recommended from Medium Tom Kielty Americans Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers Anymore Lea Gutenthaler “It’s an experience that no one can take away from you” ICAI Winds and Waves in Winds and Waves I think it is, that you are not Indian, isn’t it? Michael Ang in Untitled/Unfinished Untitled/Unfinished v3 Dina Krichker How I went to the Hollow of Death and came back Andrew Marti Rabat SoSa: Chefchaouen Weekend naddine luci Tokyo’s Solution to Public Toilet Safety and Hygiene: Transparency Ty Foster in RE: Write The seamless journey from here to there AboutHelpTermsPrivacy Get the Medium app Get started A. Jay Adler 706 Followers Professor of English, writer, roper of stars https://fordham.academia.edu/AJayAdler Follow Help Status Writers Blog Careers Privacy Terms About Knowable