This book presents the experiences of a new math teacher in an urban high school and an analysis of these experiences by a veteran professor and critic of urban education in the United States.

This book presents the experiences of a new math teacher in an urban high school and an analysis of these experiences by a veteran professor and critic of urban education in the United States.

HARPOON pits a former American Lit Professor and Moby Dick scholar who romanticizes the 70's, against a beautiful woman raised in a rural commune who wants to make it in the "real world." After being fired from his academic position for hurling a harpoon at his students, DONALD ALCORN, now a 40-year-old book publisher living in Philadelphia, falls for GOLDEN ORLANDO, the 34-year-old author of a book he has reviewed for publication. Her book, about growing up in a Northern California commune, stirs Donald's fantasies of the 'free love" life he missed out on. Unfortunately, his editor-in-chief...

ADAM TRUBACK, a burnt-out high-school English teacher has a recurring dream. In it, he meets a beautiful woman at a 1950's inner-city bar. Then on one cold December afternoon in 2012 he disappears from his back yard in suburban Philadelphia, and reappears on the side of Route 66, forty miles out of Amarillo, circa 1950, 110 degrees. After a period of panic and confusion, and discarding his winter clothing, he sits contemplating his options when along comes a flashy Buick driven by a young man, BRAD, who picks him up. They become quick friends on a Route 66 road trip from Amarillo to Los...