The world is full of secrets just waiting to be found. Unfortunately, most people don't really take the time to discover them these days. With bills to pay, careers to build, and children to raise, we rarely travel far from home anymore, and when we do, it's usually more of a commercial endeavor than an adventure of any kind.
Imagine, however, that you are in a different place and time, where the world is rapidly changing around you. Young men are being drafted and sent to foreign lands to participate in an unpopular war. A new breed of free-spirited youth is protesting, challenging convention, and enjoying sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. In this atmosphere, would you still stick to your safe routine? Or would you venture out to find freedom, adventure, and possibility in the unknown?
Come Down to the River: A Memoir of Adventure follows Harold Brink as he breaks free from the mold and explores the world during the turbulent 1970s and the decades thereafter. From a military base in Berlin and a hippie town in the Colorado mountains, to romance in Morocco and the perilous Alaskan wilderness, it chronicles Brink's life-changing experiences, which may just encourage you to pursue your own.
About the Author: Harold Brink is an adventurous, free spirit who has traveled the world extensively and learned incredible things about himself, nature, and humankind along the way.
Born and raised on the Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois, Brink holds degrees from Cornell College and San Francisco State University, and has lived in various locales in the American West, including Colorado, Oregon, and California. He has been published in Alaska Airlines Magazine, Alaska Sportsman Magazine, and online at Alaska 49 Writers.
Brink served with the US Army during the Vietnam War, during which time he was stationed in Berlin, and spent some time living in a hippie town in the Rocky Mountains, celebrating sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll during the heyday of the 1970s. He's also dabbled with romance in Morocco, backpacked beyond the Arctic Divide, and experienced much more, all of which he shares in his deeply personal debut book, Come Down to the River: A Memoir of Adventure.
