{"product_id":"rock-my-soul-9781935807711","title":"Rock My Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn June 28, 2015, retired California State University, Chico librarian Jim Dwyer was found unconscious on the floor of the men's room in a mini-mart outside Sacramento, apparently on his way home from the Bay Area opening night of the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well tour. He died that evening in a nearby hospital. A nationally recognized literary scholar, Jim had dubbed his alter ego the Rev. Junkyard Moondog, reading beat-like poetry at open mics, joining local bands on stage, marching for peace and justice, working to save endangered species, and generally raising his freak flag high.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA year after Jim's death, his friend and colleague Steve Metzger bought Jim's tiny run-down cottage from Jim's brother Billy, whose only condition was that Metzger not remove Jim's giant peace sign-fashioned of yellow and white freeway-lane divider dots-from the sloping street-facing roof of the house. Metzger, adjusting to recent personal changes of his own, set about restoring the cottage. He eventually christened it the Blue Peace House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart biography, part memoir, \u003cem\u003eRock My Soul: A Poet's Heart, a Brokedown Palace, and a Final Fare-Thee-Well \u003c\/em\u003eexamines Jim's complicated life, drawing on extensive interviews with Jim's neighbors, friends and colleagues. The book also highlights turning points in Metzger's 40-year freelance writing career, along the way offering a look at Chico history, including the filming of \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Robin Hood, \u003c\/em\u003e Woody Guthrie's little-known summer in Chico, the WWII Chico Army Air Field, and the beginnings of the Chico Peace and Justice Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacebook posts from Jim's\/Moondog's friends after they learn of his death shed further light on the life of this eccentric scholar\/artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14630425\"\u003eStephen G. Metzger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stansbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935807711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935807714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO032000\"\u003eSocial Activists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO030000\"\u003eEnvironmentalists \u0026amp; Naturalists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stansbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44495865839853,"sku":"9781935807711","price":31.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_60e46138-e530-4137-8f75-0ef51d646882.jpg?v=1700942274","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/rock-my-soul-9781935807711","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}