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Product Description "Loved it! Along the lines of "On the Road" and less depressing than "Into the Wild". Gorman's writing is clear and honest!" -- Victoria Irwin - Discovery"An utterly engrossing travel account that doubles as a remarkable coming-of-age story... Fabulous...This is a stunner!" -- The Prairies Book Review"A well-written account about a young man’s mistake and the threat of dire consequences." -- Kirkus ReviewsSeeking adventure and desperate to see his German girlfriend, 19-year-old Paul Gorman heads to Europe in 1969. After a harrowing roller coaster ride of hitchhiking across North America in the dead of winter, he lands in Europe. Spurned by the girl, and chilled by the frigid weather, he searches out sunny beaches settling in Spain’s Canary Islands. Grifting the streets, struggling to survive, he runs afoul with fascist dictator Francisco Franco’s judicial system. As Gorman faces up to six years in notorious Prisión de Barranco Seco, in steps the U.S. State Department with a shrewd plan to set him free.Gorman's journey is the dramatic and humorous true story of a young man searching for adventure, his place in the world, and the lessons he learns from his mistakes. Along the lines of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Midnight Express by Billy Hayes, and Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale, this riveting tale will entertain and intrigue you. "It's honest and authentic and, simply, an amazing story!" -- Barbara Noe Kennedy (former Senior Editor with National Geographic)"Thrilling, suspenseful, intimately revealing, and elegantly creative and descriptive, it is a triumph. I await the screenplay!" -- Nancy A Soule"Full of humor and self realization in the time of Franco and the Vietnam war. I highly recommend this!" -- Jan Hillman"A page turner! Quite a good read!" -- Donald D."I normally read at night and it generally puts me to sleep, so the chapters have to be short . The chapters are short, but I couldn't put it down and read it in 3 nights. LOVE this book!" -- Nancy Henry"A very engaging and page-turning read!" -- Michael K"A compelling coming of age memoir...A personal journey set in a time of great upheaval, it's worth the trip. -- Reg KrakeEdited by Barbara Noe Kennedy, editor of the best seller, Bad Karma: The True Story of a Mexico Trip From Hell. Barbara spent 23 years as a senior editor of travel books at National Geographic. Review "Loved it! Along the lines of "On the Road" and less depressing than "Into the Wild". Gorman's writing is clear and honest!" - Victoria Irwin - Discovery ""Into Trouble"gives such a good sense of what travel to Europe was like in the late sixties, but it also presents the journey of a young man's search to find himself. It's honest and authentic and, simply, an amazing story!" - Barbara Noe Kennedy - former Senior Editor for National Geographic Travel Books.INTO TROUBLE by Paul GormanBy The Prairies Book Review on October 3, 2021 An utterly engrossing travel account that doubles as a remarkable coming-of-age story... Fabulous. Gorman's deeply personal narrative is as much a coming-of-age story as it is an engrossing history of a bygone era. Raised by a sympathetic mother and abusive father in a large family, nineteen-year-old Gorman's wanderlust for life took him on a backpacking trip to Europe in 1969. Several weeks after landing in Luxembourg, Gorman headed south, and from there to the Canary Islands. He paints the 1960's pre-tourist portrait of the quaint, vibrant community of Canary Islands that welcomed international tourists with open hearts. The picturesque, social, and political setting of Franko's Spain filters through the text in richly detailed passages. Gorman sprinkles his account with reflections on his troubled relationship with his father, his eternal wanderlust for life, his search for love and his own place in the world, and his coming to terms with his past mistakes. In the end, the unthinkable problem he found himself in while trying to f
