New Bremen, Ohio, was mostly like countless other small farm towns in that part of the state in the 1950s. The primary business at the time was farming-corn, wheat, hay, alfalfa, and soybeans, along with some dairy farming-and there were always cows and pigs in the fields. And it's where author Robert Gilberg spent the first twenty-two years of his life.

In "The Last Road Rebel," he shares what it was like growing up in that small town. In this memoir, Gilberg admits he is probably lucky to have survived his childhood; some of his friends did not. He is also lucky to have met the right...

New Bremen, Ohio, was mostly like countless other small farm towns in that part of the state in the 1950s. The primary business at the time was farming-corn, wheat, hay, alfalfa, and soybeans, along with some dairy farming-and there were always cows and pigs in the fields. And it's where author Robert Gilberg spent the first twenty-two years of his life.

In "The Last Road Rebel," he shares what it was like growing up in that small town. In this memoir, Gilberg admits he is probably lucky to have survived his childhood; some of his friends did not. He is also lucky to have met the right...

Bob Dylan's voice drifts out of Tom Patterson's computer speakers, at once ethereal and down to earth. As he listens, Tom's mind drifts back to the 1960s and Dianne, the girl who left him for California. Tom could have-should have-gone with her, but he chose his new job in Ohio. And that was that. He never heard from her again.

After the death of his wife, Dayton, Ohio, feels very small and depressing. Maybe it's the magic in Dylan's vocals, or maybe it's an urge that's grown within Tom for decades, but he decides to go to California in search of Dianne, if only to say, "Hi."